“What I’m seeing is another way of Africa rushing with a begging plate, begging saucer.”
Last week, President Vladimir Putin held a Russia Africa summit in St. Petersburg.
Countries in attendance included Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Uganda, Senegal and Burkina Faso.
African leaders had hoped to persuade Moscow to revive the Ukraine grain deal - helping ... Show More
Aug 20
Focus on Africa: Increased concerns over missing Ethiopia journalists
Two prominent journalists in Ethiopia, Abdulsemed Mohammed and Yonas Amare, have been missing for more than a week after being abducted by what reports say, were men wearing masks and military uniforms. There has been no news about their whereabouts but their disappearances have ... Show More
27m 44s
May 2022
What Africa Really Thinks about the War in Ukraine
Many African countries are suffering from the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: disrupted wheat supplies, soaring prices for industrial goods and raw materials, as well as a shifting of the world’s attention from the needs of the Global South. At the same time, Africa ... Show More
33m 8s
Jun 2023
African Solutions for European Problems? — with Hopewell Chin’ono and Redi Tlhabi
Last week, a delegation of African leaders from South Africa, Republic of Congo, Egypt, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia traveled to both Kyiv and Moscow to try to negotiate a peace deal for the war in Ukraine. The deal was unsuccessful, with both Russia and Ukraine rejecting the prosp ... Show More
35m 43s