Forming a strategic partnership between Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali: prerequisites and outlook
The foreign ministers of the three West African states—Olivia Rouamba (Burkina Faso), Morissanda Kouyaté (Guinea) and Abdoulaye Diop (Mali)—made a joint
statement
on February 9, 2023 during their meeting in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The principal message of their statement ...
Russia’s Foreign Policy Aspirations on the Eve of the Summit
On January 23, 2022, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was embarking on a new tour of Africa. During the week, the high-ranking Russian delegation paid a visit to several countries on the continent: South Africa being the traditional “mainstay” of Russia’s foreign policy in Africa, the continent’s smallest kingdom of Eswatini, ...
RIAC and Africa Business Initiative Union Joint Report #53/2020
RIAC and Africa Business Initiative Union Joint Report #53/2020
Africa entered the 21st century with significant achievements and challenges relevant for both the development of the continent and ...
Despite worldwide trends towards protectionism, Africa, a rapidly changing continent, is preparing to create a trading bloc of 52 economies.
While trade has been declining globally, encouraged by tariff and non-tariff barriers, protectionism has been on the rise. Events such as Brexit, the U.S.-China ...
The fifth African Union-European Union (AU-EU) summit was held on 29-30 November 2017 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The leaders of African and EU countries once again gathered to develop strategic decisions on the future of their cooperation. Interestingly, this is ...
In the past 25 years, Africa has made great strides towards development and peace, but conflict is still present in many places on the continent
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Dmitry Borisov:
A Difficult Peace: The UN and the Challenges
of Modern Peacekeeping
To avoid relapse into ...
During Barack Obama’s first presidential term, Africa was not among the U.S. foreign policy priorities. In spite of his African roots, America’s first black president, contrary to expectations, focused attention not on Africa but on tackling such problems as the U.S. economy, Iraq, Afghanistan ...
From the OAU to the AU
From the OAU to the AU
The predecessor of the African Union has done much to eliminate the colonial and racist regimes on the continent, primarily through the Liberation Committee that rendered not only political but also practical support to national liberation movements waging armed struggles. ...