BRICS Invites Six New Countries to Join the Bloc
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BRICSLeaders-GettyImages-1618750786.jpgExpansion of the economic alliance furthers its efforts to counter Western dominance.
What does South Africa get out of Brics? BBC Africa
The five Brics countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are holding their 15th annual summit in Johannesburg. However one of the nations leaders, Vladimir Putin, will not be there. The G7 nations have been very critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the Brics nations, including South Africa, less so. The BBC’s Kim Chakanetsa…
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Will Nigeria Reclaim Its Role as a Regional Power?
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nigeria-tinubu-military.jpgBola Tinubu’s new role as ECOWAS chair, and the coup in Niger, present an opportunity for a foreign-policy reset.
Kenya proposes to lead a multinational force into violence-torn Haiti
NPR’s A Martinez talks to the Miami Herald’s Jacqueline Charles about Kenya’s offer to send a thousand police officers to Haiti to lead a multinational effort to support Haitian police.
African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or path to peace in Ukraine
African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war. (Image credit: Pavel Bednyakov/AP)
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What can Russia offer Africa?
Vladimir Putin is hosting leaders from the continent, promising aid and lashing out at the West.
Seeking stronger economic ties, Vladimir Putin wraps up a summit with African leaders
As Russia wraps up its high level summit with African countries Friday, just how much real influence does Russia have in the continent?
US lawmakers urge Biden to withhold more military aid to Egypt
US senators call on Biden administration to withhold $320m in aid over Egypt’s ‘deteriorating’ human rights record.
Putin’s Desperate Play to Win Over Africa
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RussiaAfricaSummit-GettyImages-1556781493.jpgFree grain promises to African nations aren’t enough to pull the continent to Moscow’s side.
Putin, at Summit With African Leaders, Casts West as Mutual Foe
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/07/27/multimedia/27ukraine-russia-summit-1-tkfg/27ukraine-russia-summit-1-tkfg-moth.jpgAt a summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin offered free grain as he sought to shore up ties with the continent. But lower-than-hoped-for attendance among African leaders hinted at tempering support.