Ivan Kopytsev

Political scientist, research assistant at the Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Isaias Afwerki’s visit to Italy: the dawn of a new era in cooperation or a purely ceremonial visit?

At the end of January 2024, another representative of the Western world clearly demonstrated its interest in developing cooperation with the countries of the Global South: on Monday January 29 an Italy-Africa summit, organized by Italy, opened in Rome. Although this event is not comparable in scale to recent Russia-Africa or US-Africa summits, either in terms of both the number of participants or the importance of the depth of the issues involved, it would be a mistake to ignore it. Especially since, in addition to the leaders of countries that have traditionally maintained relations with Europe…

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"The Sahel troika" leaves ECOWAS: How will the new round of tensions in West Africa affect Moscow's interests?

The number of significant political events across the African continent has increased dramatically recently: not even a month after the signing of the sensational Memorandum of Understanding between Ethiopia and Somaliland, another news story has already taken centre stage. Thus, on 28 January, the military Governments of three Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – announced their decision to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. It should be borne in mind that any political changes in the Sahel zone may be of fundamental importance for Russia’s interests…

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“Words or Deeds?”: the Somali Government’s Reaction to the Ethiopia-Somaliland Agreement

Despite the fact that even large-scale political events in the global South, which do not directly affect the interests of the leading players, traditionally remain somewhere on the periphery of the attention of the media and the general public of the Western-centric world, the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Ethiopia and Somaliland has nevertheless become one of the significant information events in January 2024. This agreement predictably caused outrage in the Somali federal government…

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Development of Transport Corridors in Africa: Perspectives of the Trans-African Motorways

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Ethiopia and Somaliland: Towards a promising partnership or a new point of tension? Part 2. Memorandum of Understanding: potential impact on the balance of power in the region

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Ethiopia and Somaliland: Towards a promising partnership or a new point of tension? Part. 1. Memorandum of Understanding: the circumstances and reasons for the transaction

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Jamu is a unique phenomenon in the political culture of West Africa

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Sources of conflictogenicity: Is a new inter-State armed conflict possible in the Horn of Africa?

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