“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
Oct 3
Focus on Africa: Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?
In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura, Botswana's President Duma Boko, outlines his plan to reduce his country's reliance on the diamond industry amid falling global demand, and how he is pushing for a 0% tariff deal with the US.Guinea is showing signs of econom ... Show More
27m 30s
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