Eurasia Review published on 9 November 2026 a commentary titled "The Head of US Africa Command Says That the Sahel Is 'Putin's Purse'" by Daniel Volman.
General Dagvin Anderson, the head of US Africa Command, recently commented that Africa's Sahel region has become Putin's purse because Russia is extracting gold, uranium and lithium from the countries where the Africa Corps is engaged. US Africa Command is responding by establishing counterterrorism partnerships with several countries in North and West Africa.
