In July 2023, two notable international summits took place: the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) Summit and the Africa-Russia Summit. Below are some impressions to assess to compare the implications of both events. A comparative analysis of the final declarations of both summits yields the following impressions:
Although the EU-CELAC Summit had a relatively positive ...
The choice of St. Petersburg to host last weeks Russia-Africa summit was no accident. It was a symbolic move
Last week’s Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg was a landmark event in Moscow’s foreign policy concept and practice. Not so much because it brought scores of African leaders and senior officials ...
Russia can offer Africa sovereignty
What kind of world do we live in today? We are currently in transition between the unipolar system that existed for a brief moment after the end of the Cold War and the new multipolar reality on the horizon. Russia’s diplomatic ...
Vast territories with faltering government control turn Sub-Saharan Africa into an attractive region for IS to expand
Islamic State (IS; recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia) affiliates and networks in Mozambique, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Nigeria and Mali remain ...
In the Russian Federation, the year 2023 is marked as a year of Africa. In July, there will be a second Russia-Africa Summit, taking place in St. Petersburg. In addition to that, another significant date should be noted. In February, it is already 125 years since the establishment of official diplomatic relations ...
... professing the world’s second largest religion and officially using some of the most widely spoken languages, the organization can hardly claim a truly high level of geographical, religious and linguistic representation
In recent months, at least six African states have declared their desire to join BRICS. Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan (before commencement of the civil conflict) explicitly indicated this, while Ethiopia was the last to declare its intention in late June 2023. In total,...
Changes not seen in one hundred years are taking place – and the Global South stands to benefit. Africa is the world’s youngest continent.[1] Leveraging its population pidend, Africa has a unique opportunity to transform in the coming decades – Russian and Chinese support will be key to success.
Source: Rosatom
Indeed, for more than a decade,...
Working Paper No. 74 / 2023
Working Paper No. 74 / 2023
The working paper seeks to analyze constitutive voting patterns of Sub-Saharan states of Africa at the UN General Assembly. The methodology proposed in this paper offers an opportunity to explore this issue topic-wise as well as in a broader sense. The paper considers a number of indicators that help assess the involvement of the continent’s ...
Forming a strategic partnership between Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali: prerequisites and outlook
The foreign ministers of the three West African states—Olivia Rouamba (Burkina Faso), Morissanda Kouyaté (Guinea) and Abdoulaye Diop (Mali)—made a joint
statement
on February 9, 2023 during their meeting in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The principal message of their statement ...
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects
On May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects. Two sessions of the round table were devoted to the issues ...
