Some critics have suggested that Lourenço will like Russian President Vladimir Putin did with Dmitry Medvedev put forward Esperança Costa as candidate in 2026 with him as Vice-President...
Vol 63 No 17 |
- HORN OF AFRICA
Somalia's Abdullah Mohamed Abdullah 'Farmajo' tried to court Russia in his last months in office but President Vladimir Putin was not tempted as the main strategic focus for the Kremlin remains its interests in Sudan such as gold mining and a presence in the Red Sea...
Part of any deal with Moscow would involve Wagner Group the mercenary company close to President Vladimir Putin which has security contracts with Col Assimi Goïta's military regime in neighbouring Mali and Central African Republic...
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Senegal's President Macky Sall who chairs the African Union this year told the summit that economies in his region were caught between the hammer of Russian President Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine and the anvil of sanctions on Moscow which have triggered widespread disruptions of supply chains...
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UMK's role in funding the ANC is not the only potential reason the government is refusing to condemn Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine...
On 15 June South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russia's Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone apparently at Ramaphosa's request after which the Kremlin reported that the presidents had 'expressed satisfaction with the current level of the two countries' strategic partnership'...
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But after Sall and AU Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat met with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month AU officials seem to have calculated that they could give the Ukrainian president the floor without jeopardising their stated neutrality...
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A close business associate of President Vladimir Putin Prigozhin launched an appeal to the Luxembourg-based EU court claiming that he had 'no knowledge of an entity known as Wagner Group' (AC Vol 63 No 6 UN clashes with Wagner worsen)...
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European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were able to brief that they and the AU had agreed on a united message on food security placing the blame for disruptions to food supply squarely on Russian President Vladimir Putin's shoulders (Dispatches 10/5/22 The UN reports that food and energy crises are deepening due to Russia's war on Ukraine)...
In a bid to unblock vital stocks of wheat and fertiliser Senegal's President Macky Sall is to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 3 June...
Internationally he generally supports Russia's President Vladimir Putin but is also trying to regain some backing from the West...
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