Moscow’s global stage to puff up influence
Russia-Africa Summit
Namibia will send a high-level delegation, likely headed by Pres Hage Geingob, to St Petersburg for the Russia-Africa Summit tomorrow and Friday. Moscow is sure to use this year's gathering to conjure up the imagery of shared Russian and African interests, says Joseph Siegle, the director of research at the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies at the University of Maryland in the US. He argues his statement in this article.
Forty-three African heads of state attended the 2019 Russia-Africa summit. They had high hopes that Russia would emerge as a new source of investment and trade for the continent. R...
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