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Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov

Date of Birth: 21 March 1950
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia


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 A web of disinformation

Logically also uncovered communications between André Dembélé and Siaka Coulibaly a Burkinabé political analyst and government advisor looking at ways to form new alliances with senior Russian officials including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...


Moscow sees a year of transition

Between February 2022 and July 2023 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made eight trips to Africa and he has made at least six more since then...


The juntas dig in as instability worsens

The social media sandstorm of recent days typifies a 2024 Sahel where reliable information has become rare and the juntas in power are entrenched ever deeper in confrontation with Ecowas Europe and the United States while deepening ties with Russia – whose foreign minister Sergei Lavrov visited Burkina this month...


Beijing asserts global south leadership role

What that meant for Prigozhin's Wagner Group mercenaries and Moscow's operations in Africa was much discussed in the corridors of the summit usually out of earshot of the Russian delegation headed by foreign minister Sergei Lavrov...


A man for all summits

Hosting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the State House in May Ruto called for a trade pact with Moscow...


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  • MALI

Did Moscow hotline end the UN mission?

On 26 June Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was on hand to tell the state-run RT station that a discontinuation of Wagner's presence specifically in Mali and the Central African Republic was out of the question...


Prigozhin tests Putin with an African putsch

WAGNER'S NEXT ACT IN AFRICA It is too early to conclude much about how Yevgeny Prigozhin's putsch in Russia might affect Wagner's operations in Africa but these factors could shape diplomatic and security developments: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov long distanced from Putin's inner circle may claw back some influence with Moscow's diplomats attempting to reassert their authority and credibility overseas after the embarrassing developments on 23-24 June...


Regional states hold back, for now

As illustrated by Hemeti's visit to Moscow in February 2022 and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Khartoum a year later Russia has warm relations with both generals...


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