The Russian news agency TASS reports that Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group paramilitary organization, was listed as a passenger aboard a downed flight on Wednesday in which there were no survivors. “An investigation has been launched into the crash of the Embraer aircraft that occurred tonight in the…
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Victoria Nuland, the Acting Deputy Secretary of State for the United States, began a three-nation tour to Africa on Saturday that follows both the just-completed Russia-Africa summit and a coup in Niger that’s renewed concern over African reliance on Russia and Wagner Group Russian fighters. Nuland is expected to lead…
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Russian officials say President Vladimir Putin is open to providing grain to developing African nations to ensure food security, despite an end to a Black Sea Initiative that ensured exports would continue amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters Saturday that Moscow will find a…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa says a peace proposal from African leaders who recently wrapped up their diplomatic visits to Russia and Ukraine has “created a foundation for future engagements that will contribute to a road to peace and resolution” to end the conflict. “We met with Ukrainian President…
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A delegation of African leaders plans a peace mission with Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, according to South African President Cyril Ramphosa. The delegation will include six African nations: Zambia, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Egypt, in addition to South Africa, Ramaphosa said….
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an independent investigation is planned to look into allegations that South Africa is providing arms to Russia, a charge made public by Reuben Brigety, the United States Ambassador to South Africa. An unnamed retired judge will lead the inquiry, with Ramaphosa making clear that…
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After nearly one month of fighting and failed truce talks, a wave of air raids in Khartoum has started the latest week of a conflict that has already killed over 600, wounded 5,000 and displaced another 700,000 people. As Professor John Mukum Mbaku has warned, the unfolding violence in Sudan…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Assimi Goïta, the interim leader of Mali, during his visit to Bamako on Tuesday, during a diplomatic trip that’s drawn concern over the security role of Russian fighters in the Sahel nation and Moscow’s bid for wider influence on the African continent. “We…
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African leaders speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York laid out their case for how the destabilized global environment is impacting their nations, with food insecurity due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict a priority. The leaders of Ghana, Nigeria, and Rwanda were among those speaking at Wednesday’s…
China hosted Wednesday’s meeting on security among BRICS nations, with South Africa, Russia, Brazil and India attending the virtual session led by Yang Jiechi, director of China’s foreign affairs commission. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping expressed mutual solidarity on political issues including China’s proposed Global…
Nigeria is promoting its oil and gas industry during President Buhari’s state visit to Spain, a move that comes as European nations seek to secure resources to replace the now-banned imports of Russian oil. Buhari and representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have highlighted Nigeria’s energy sector during…
President Isaias Afwerki, authoritarian leader of Eritrea, defended both Russia and China while holding the West responsible for the situation in Ukraine, during a speech marking Independence Day in the Horn of Africa nation. Afwerki, in office since 1991—a tenure that places him among Africa’s longest-running leaders—drew parallels to his…
President Dénis Sassou N’Guesso of the Republic of Congo was in Italy on Thursday to discuss partnership on energy between the two nations, one that centers on a new deal supported by oil major Eni to increase the supply of gas from the African nation. “The Italian government is pushing…
Ethiopians have reportedly volunteered to fight on Russia’s side in its war with Ukraine, but Russia said Tuesday that it will decline their overtures in keeping with international law. “The embassy has been receiving, by emails and in person visits from citizens of Ethiopia, expressions of their solidarity and support…
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has again reached out to the African Union (AU) for support in his nation’s war with Russia, calling his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, on Monday to discuss the crisis. Zelensky said he provided an update to Sall, the current president of the AU, on the…