ST Petersburg, Russia’s Imperial capital, hosted the second summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum last week attracting heads of state and government from many African countries. That marked the second time that events of such a magnitude with a focus on a wide range of relations between Russia and African countries have been held. The Forum and Summit…
Leaders from 20 African nations attended the Russia summit, though leaders from said countries ended up leaving Moscow with little to show for their demands to resume a deal which kept grain flowing from Ukraine. African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal…
“Africa is ready to help solve problems that seem to be outside the zone of its primary interests,” the Russian leader pointed out Russia respects and carefully considers the peace initiatives of African countries on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “We respect your (African leaders’ – TASS) initiatives and carefully consider them,” he…