..., which came to power via a series of military coups in 2020–2023, to chart a joint course of political and economic development. The AES was announced after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdrew in January 2024 from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)—a regional bloc that urged the trio’s leaders to restore civilian rule in their countries.
At the opening of the Niamey summit, Niger’s military leader
said
, inter alia, that his “people have irrevocably turned their ...
... Geostrategic Competition in Sahel: Positions of Russia, the U.S., France and the EU.” The seminar was attended by heads of security departments, scholars and researchers at NIIA. The Russian delegation included representatives from the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), MGIMO University and HSE University.
The participants were invited to speak about the specific features of internal social and political processes in the Sahel amid geopolitical and geostrategic ...
... by a bloody civil strife and christened as the “Black Decade”. In the 2000s, the country was forced to confront the terrorist activities of AQIM only to face the challenges of the Arab Spring in the 2010s. Finally, by now, the largest country in Africa and the Arab world is surrounded by zones of political conflict, instability and tension along most of its vast (6,343 km) land border: Libya, Niger, Mali, Western Sahara.
The dramatic experience in a relatively short historical period, the current ...
On May 15, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) jointly held a roundtable discussion “Information and Cultural Sovereignty of Sahel Countries Amid Global Transformation Processes. Threats and Opportunities for the System of Russia-Africa Relations”
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Russian-African ties pose both opportunities and challenges for African countries, but Moscow's renewed engagement in Africa raises concerns among Western nations.
The African continent is witnessing a noticeable escalation in the competition between the United ...
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Yearbook: Russia-Africa summits in 2019 and 2023 resulted in rather ambitious cooperation plans. Have the partners succeeded in implementing all the agreements?
Irina ...
On April 2, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Center for African Studies of the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University held a situation analysis themed “Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region and Russia’s Position.”
On April 2, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) ...
... roundtable discussion “Alliance of Sahel States as a New Component of Regional Security: Threats and Opportunities for Russia.”
The experts explored the social and political development of the countries making up the Alliance of Sahel States. Russian and African experts also exchanged views on the alliance’s real capabilities in tackling external and internal threats.
The speakers also addressed the organizers’ questions on the internal and external drivers behind the expansion of geographic control ...
... agenda, including on the issues of reforming its main body – the Security Council. In the meantime, almost all newcomers, given their political and economic weight, are seriously competing with the “old-timers” of BRICS – Brazil, India and South Africa – who also claim a permanent membership at the UN Security Council.
The BRICS member states are paying increased attention to the UN reform. Brazil, India and South Africa should be mentioned in the first place, because these nations are seeking ...
... over the past year, especially when imbalances in food and fertilizer markets have become obvious, coupled with logistics challenges and export restrictions. All of that has primarily affected the world’s most vulnerable countries, mostly located in Africa.
Dependency on food imports
Igor Matveev:
Suspending Ukraine’s Agricultural Exports: Will Russia Save the Arab World from Food Riots?
This is not some hackneyed slogan but plain facts. Most African countries are now in the phase of active demographic ...
