A lot of African countries that kicked western forces out and started working with Wagner Group are now courting the US Military to come back in because Wagner has been getting their asses kicked by insurgent forces all across the continent.

Because of current alliances though it does very much feel like we're in the middle of a global armed conflict if you squint hard enough. It's just all being fought by proxies for now.

France is in the middle of losing the last of its colonial empire and Russia & China are trying to muscle in to fill that void, with varying success.