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 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

The recent hosting of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the joint naval exercises with Russia and China to coincide with the first anniversary of the invasion undermine South Africa's claim to neutrality but it brings other benefits (AC Vol 63 No 9 War offers Ramaphosa more options & Vol 63 No 11 Diplomacy on ice)...