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On June 10, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) held a seminar in Lagos themed “Geopolitical and Geostrategic Competition in Sahel: Positions of Russia, the U.S., France and the EU.”
ShortOn May 15, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) jointly held a roundtable discussion “Information and Cultural Sovereignty of Sahel Countries Amid Global Transformation Processes. Threats and Opportunities for the System of Russia-Africa Relations”
ShortOn April 2, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Center for African Studies of the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University held a situation analysis themed “Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region and Russia’s Position.”
ShortOn March 27, 2024, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Center for Popular Diplomacy held a roundtable discussion “Alliance of Sahel States as a New Component of Regional Security: Threats and Opportunities for Russia.”
ShortOn May 16, 2023, RIAC held an expert round table on information and image support for Russian-African relations, its challenges and prospects
ShortOn March 20, 2023, Dr. Abdullahi Hashi Abib, Member of The Federal Parliament of Somalia, visited Russian International Affairs Council
ShortOn September 8, 2022, RIAC hosted a meeting with Amama Mbabazi, Chairman of the African Global Security Fund (AGSF), and Jean-Yves Ollivier, AGSF Deputy Chair.
ShortOn June 23, 2022, RIAC, together with Africa Business Initiative, held a strategic session on the new prospects for cooperation and honest communication between Russia and Africa
ShortThe conference was opened by Joseph Butiku, Executive Director at the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation, and Dmitri Bondarenko, Deputy Director at the Institute for African Studies of the RAS
ShortOn October 29, 2021, RIAC held the second webinar to analyze the challenges in Central Africa and the Sahel region and to discuss the prospects for Russia-Europe cooperation
ShortOn October 22, 2021, Nikita Panin, Program Assistant at RIAC, took part in the proceedings of the “Russia — Africa: What is next?” Forum, which was organized by undergraduate and graduate students at the venue of MGIMO backed by the university’s administration, Russia’s Foreign Ministry and “Rossotrudnichestvo”
ShortThe participants of the section discussed the possibilities of overcoming the obstacles arising in the path of the development of Russia-Africa relations
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