By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister began a tour of African countries this week, stepping up wartime Kyiv’s diplomatic push to challenge Russian influence in the “Global South” and cement the vision laid out by Ukraine as the only path to peace. Top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba said his main priority was to get African countries to…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have agreed to separate meetings with a delegation of leaders from six African countries to discuss a possible plan to end the war in Ukraine, South Africa’s president said Tuesday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he spoke with Putin and Zelenskyy by phone over the weekend…
According to the most recent data from Tanzania’s central bank, Tanzanian coal exports experienced a seven-fold increase in the year to March as a result of the strong demand brought on by Europe’s energy crisis as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In September 2022, Business Insider Africa reported that the rise in demand for coal is a…
Russian President Vladimir Putin could be arrested if he decides to attend a key economic summit in South Africa in person this summer, authorities in the African nation said. South African authorities have said they would have no choice but to execute the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Putin’s arrest should he take part in…
A diplomatic deal in the Middle East was notable as much for a breakthrough between Saudi Arabia and Iran as it was for the absence of American input. Story by Brendan Cole The March 10 agreement between the regional rivals to imminently reopen embassies after a seven-year hiatus was brokered in secret by China. It raised questions over whether…
Russian oil is heading to West Africa for the first time since 2018 as Western sanctions force Moscow to look for new buyers, according to Bloomberg. On Friday, a tanker named Theseus arrived in Ghana, carrying about 600,000 barrels of Russian crude. The oil was supposed to be pumped into storage tanks at the Tema Oil Refinery, people familiar…