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The Wealthiest Universities in Africa

The development of higher education is an important aspect for the sustainable economic future of African countries. While most African governments declare the need to increase funding and develop the higher education system to create their own highly qualified workers, the real situation with university…

Andrey Maslov Comments on the Impact of the Grain Deal on Africa

The grain export deal, which expires on March 18, was extended for 60 days on March 14. Andrey Maslov, director of HSE Centre for African Studies, commented on the impact on African countries and highlighted its benefits for Russia in the interview for Mezhdunarodnoe obozrenie,…

Comoros Appointed as the New Chair of the AU

On 18 February 2023 at the 36th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, the leader of the Union of Comoros, took over the AU chairmanship from Senegal’s president Macky Sall. Both Kenya and Comoros applied for AU chairmanship, but the…

Sergey Lavrov Goes on His Second African Tour in Six Months

On 23 January 2023, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov visited South Africa, starting his new African tour. Only 6 months ago Mr. Lavrov visited Egypt, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and Ethiopia. This time, after South Africa, he also travelled to Eswatini, Angola, Eritrea, and then,…

5 African countries took part in the BRICS+ summit

On June 24, a BRICS+ summit was held in video format, timed to coincide with the summit of the informal BRICS association (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). Of the 18 countries that took part in the BRICS Plus summit, 5 represented Africa: in addition…

Africa’s role in the ongoing global energy transition

The strategic shifts in global energy markets are visible: on the one hand, net energy importers are forced to diversify sources of fossil fuels in order to maintain the stability of supplies; on the other hand, they are moving at an accelerated pace towards the…

The Wealthiest Universities in Africa

Andrey Maslov Comments on the Impact of the Grain Deal on Africa

FPRI Discusses Russia’s Growing Influence in Africa

Although Russia and China are evidently working together on certain issues in Africa, the general difference between their approaches is clear. Chris Miller, Director of the FPRI’s Eurasia Program and Samuel Ramani, DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations…

Negotiations of President Putin with African Heads of State in 2012-2020

From May 2012 to March 2020 Vladimir Putin has held 56 personal meetings with 22 Heads of State from Africa. Almost half of these (46%) meetings have been with Egypt (13) and South Africa (12). He met with the leaders of Angola, Guinea and Sudan…

African Import of Russian Grain in 2015-2019

In 2020 the overall trend appears to be continuing. In 1H2020 Egypt was the largest importer of Russian grain across Africa ($515 million), followed by Sudan, Morocco and Tanzania by a large gap: $102 million, $78 million and $57 million respectively. These 4 countries by…

Russian Export to Nigeria: Companies, Numbers and Categories

In the first half of 2020 Nigeria’s import of Russian goods amounted to $170 million, which is 28% more than in the same period of the previous year. The country’s share in total Russian exports to Africa increased from 2.1% to 3.8%, which makes Nigeria…