The attempted coup in the DRC and the necessary conclusions
The rage of the West against the current processes observed within the framework of the multipolar world will extend well beyond the countries and governments which pursue a completely independent policy towards the West and which have clearly sided within the international multipolar order of the global majority. Everything indicates that Western attempts to destabilize and overthrow the authorities of many countries will also affect those that still interact very actively with Western space…
Russia-Africa: a growing power of attraction
On May 23, 2024, on the occasion of Africa Day, a reception was held at the House of Receptions of the Russian Foreign Ministry on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov for the African diplomatic corps accredited in Moscow. The event was held in the traditionally warm and friendly atmosphere…
The world celebrates African Liberation Day
On 25 May, the world will celebrate African Liberation Day. By decision of the United Nations, this holiday was established in honour of the first conference of African governments held in Addis Ababa on 25 May 1963, which laid the foundation for the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Russia and African countries have been linked by centuries of strong political, economic and cultural ties…
Foreign policy implications of the conflict in Sudan: neighbors
The more than year-long armed conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces has already had dire consequences, including a humanitarian crisis, destruction of infrastructure and paralysis of government institutions. At the same time, its impact on the situation in the region should not be underestimated: without exception, all of Sudan’s neighbors are to some extent linked to the parties to the conflict…
Igor Morozov: "One of the main tasks today is to open trading houses in Africa, which will allow our export companies to export their products there"
The Coordination Committee for Economic Cooperation with African Countries – AFROCOM – was set up 15 years ago. What has changed in its work over these years? How difficult is it for Russia today to compete in Africa with the Americans, Europeans and Chinese? Do we need to change our export laws? This and much more is the subject of our exclusive interview with Igor Nikolayevich Morozov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFROCOM…
The African response to the West in the face of the latter’s attempts to prohibit cooperation with Russia
After the authorities of number of African states broke off their cooperation, particularly in the military sector, with Western regimes, first and foremost those of Paris and Washington, new data appears, including on the reasons which pushed the governments of these African countries to put Westerners in their place…
Senegal: from prison cell to the presidency Part Three: What's next? The West on standby
In the area of foreign policy, the most serious step the new head of state plans to take is to reassess relations with the former metropolis. According to the South African Mail and Guardian, both the President and the Prime Minister are unanimous in agreeing that the partnership with France needs to be significantly adjusted to take Senegal’s interests more fully into account…
Senegal: from prison cell to the presidency Part Two: The winds of change in West Africa have swept Senegal as well
According to a number of analysts, the rise to power in Senegal of Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko, who enjoy the support of the majority of the population, especially the youth, who feel strongly the “winds of pan-Africanism and nationalism”, should also be seen as “the result of the wave of sovereignty sweeping West Africa”. At his first press conference after his election, Faye said that “the people of Senegal, by voting for him, were in favour of breaking with the past in order to implement the social project proposed by our party”, which includes fighting corruption, promoting youth employment and raising the cost of living…
Mikhail Bogdanov: "The African continent is not an arena of confrontation between major international players, but a new, growing, diverse, distinctive, global pole of power"
How are Russian companies operating in Africa in the new geopolitical environment? To what extent is Russia willing to cooperate with African countries in such promising areas as digital technologies and peaceful nuclear energy? What has changed in the work of a diplomat over half a century?
Senegal: from prison cell to the presidency Part One: The end of the "liberal democracy" regime?
In Senegal’s presidential elections held on 24 March this year, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, won a convincing victory for the opposition forces with 54 per cent of the vote. Former Prime Minister Amadou Ba of the ruling Alliance for the Republic coalition of outgoing President Macky Sall came in second with 35 per cent of his supporters. These elections were preceded by a period of intense internal political struggle between Macky Sall’s ruling “democratic regime” and the opposition, linked to the March 2021 arrest of Ousmane Sonko, leader of the African Patriots of Senegal for Work…
U.S. Admits Failed Africa Strategy: But There’s More!
As unlikely as it may seem, U.S. officials now admit the Biden administration’s strategy of pressing Niger and other African countries to break off ties with Moscow is no longer working. What’s more impressive, perhaps, is that the story was published in Axel Springer’s Politico. Whether or not the liberal order is preparing to chunk Joe Biden under the bus, or not, is a matter of conjecture…
The reasons for the motivation of number of African countries to withdraw their gold-currency reserves from the US
Several African nations are beginning to take decisions in order to repatriate their gold-currency reserves from the United States, notably Nigeria and Ghana. In fact – this process is in reality truly global in scope – both at the African continental level and internationally. De facto, Washington himself sawed off the branch on which he had been sitting for a long time. And with the current realities specific to the framework of the multipolar world order, the process will only accelerate…