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Russia faces a tough choice in Africa: either to focus on low-risk and highly competitive markets, where projects will depend on a changeable political climate and eventualities or to explore high-risk and low-competition markets where Moscow has inherent non-market advantages and ...
..., which came to power via a series of military coups in 2020–2023, to chart a joint course of political and economic development. The AES was announced after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdrew in January 2024 from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)—a regional bloc that urged the trio’s leaders to restore civilian rule in their countries. At the opening of the Niamey summit, Niger’s military leader said , inter alia, that his “people have irrevocably turned their ...
... terrorist activities of AQIM only to face the challenges of the Arab Spring in the 2010s. Finally, by now, the largest country in Africa and the Arab world is surrounded by zones of political conflict, instability and tension along most of its vast (6,343 ... ... entire system of international relations. Thus, Algerian experts emphasize three key components of the nation’s approach to international security: solidarity, globality and indivisibility [ 1 ]. The former is understood, on the one hand, as solidarity ...
Africa is big enough to accommodate everybody—its needs are incredibly huge and its prospects are truly breathtaking Just over a year ago, at the US-Africa leaders' summit in Washington in December 2022, President Joe Biden made a public commitment ...
... 2023 the transition leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, instituting the Alliance of Sahel States. This happened in the midst of economic sanctions imposed on them by the subregion’s Economic Community of Western Africa (ECOWAS) and its threats to carry out a military operation in Niger. For the three landlocked nations, those sanctions had serious repercussions, aggravating the socioeconomic situation inside those countries and fueling the growing activity of ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s tour portrayed Washington’s official strategy as more benevolent than it actually is US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin embarked on a tour of Africa this week, marking the first such visit by a Pentagon chief since 2020, when Mark Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. In contrast to that occasion, when no attention was paid to Sub-Saharan Africa, Austin’s trip was intended to reaffirm ...
... with a real prospect of civil war, which could indefinitely postpone the transit of power to the civilian government, turning Sudan into one of the hottest spots in the world for many years to come. What caused the current conflict Nikita Panin: When Africa Is Just Around the Corner The current armed escalation of Sudan’s internal political crisis has been triggered by a delay with the signing of a political agreement to form a civilian government and initiate a new transitional phase towards elections....
... instability and, as a result, impoverishment of the population and forced migration. The authors of the report analyze the causes of economic and political crises in the region, consider the main actors of conflicts and suggest some ways to overcome crises. African Pressure Points: Sahel (situation review and future prospects) , 3 Mb
RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021 RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021 The report attempts to compare Russia and China’s views on the current state of affairs in African and their prospects moving forward. Experts have tried to juxtapose the strategies pursued by the two countries and assess the opportunities for expanding Russia–China cooperation on the continent. The positions presented in this report reflect ...
On July 15, 2020, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an expert discussion on security and development issues in the Horn of Africa in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, economic recession, and exacerbation of regional conflicts On July 15, 2020, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an expert discussion on security and development issues in the Horn of Africa in ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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