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Russia races for the African market
Russia plans to offer trade
subsidies and investment guarantees as an emergency support for Russian
companies to penetrate into African markets, part of the strategy for...
Oil: A blessing or a curse for Somalia?
Somalia recently reached a landmark agreement
with Shell and Exxon Mobil to develop the vast petroleum reserves believed to
lie off the troubled country’s coast. The...
The new African currency
On June 11,
2019, during a meeting held in Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria, the
fifteen members of the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Boko Haram and Frustration- Aggression Theory: A Potential Explanation
In the
context of Boko Haram, it is vital to identify how Boko Haram resorted to extreme
violent behavior. One theory that provides an understanding of...
Results of the Afreximbank Annual Meetings 2019
The
Afreximbank Annual Meetings 2019 and the associated Russia–Africa Economic
Conference have come to a close. The events ran from 18 to 22 June in Moscow
and...
Africa Awaits Russia’s Investment
Russia has
been looking to raise its existing relationship with African countries and
Afreximbank is now providing huge support in realizing that long term goal. The
bank,...
Water Diplomacy: Creating Spaces for Nile Cooperation
The Nile
River is the longest river on the earth, with eleven nation states sharing it
and over 487 million people or about 20% of the...
Russia, Africa and the SPIEF’19
In 2019,
four African countries - Côte d’Ivoire, Lesotho Niger and Somalia - for the
first time attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF’19)
held on...
Russia joins Gulf states in coaching Sudan’s military
Russia has emerged as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ silent
partner in assisting the Sudanese military’s efforts to weaken, if not defeat a
months-long...
Review: Africa At The SPIEF’19
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held
series of diplomatic discussions with a number of high-level African
delegations who attended the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)
from...