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Gabon
Ahead of joining Commonwealth, Gabon sends envoy to Paris

Breaking news, published on 04/06/21 at 12 p.m. - Gabon's foreign affairs minister met his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian this morning, as part of president Ali Bongo's recent diplomatic drive which includes applying for Commonwealth membership but also forging closer ties with Russia.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.06.2021

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Gabon
One minister after another visits Moscow

This week, it is the turn of trade minister Hugues Mbadinga Madiya and his investment promotion colleague Carmen Ndaot, who are visiting St Petersburg and Moscow.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.06.2021

Togo
Moscow at the ready to equip Togolese army

In late April, Togolese Foreign Minister Robert Dussey received Russia's non-resident ambassador, Igor Evdokimov, in Lomé to work on strengthening cooperation between the two countries.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 26.05.2021

Sudan
Hamdok sends his foreign minister to defuse Russian naval base row

A contretemps in early May over Russia's naval base in Port Sudan has brought an unwelcome chill to relations between Moscow and Khartoum. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi is due to meet her counterpart Sergei Lavrov in early June to patch things up.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

Central African Republic, Russia
Russian ambassador to Bangui to return to Moscow this summer

Breaking news published on 14/05/21, 1:50 p.m., updated on 16/05/21 - As tensions between Paris and Moscow over their battle for influence reach new highs, Russia's CAR ambassador Vladimir Titorenko, who has held this post since January 2019, will head home this summer.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.05.2021

Madagascar
Moscow sets about reviving its fortunes with a new charm offensive

Hardly had he arrived in Madagascar than the new Russian ambassador was jostling to advance Moscow's interests there despite the recent failures of Russian business diplomacy in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.04.2021

Russian Ambassador to Madagascar Andrey Andreev presented his credentials to President Andry Rajoelina on 7 April 2021.

Tunisia
MP Hassouna Nasfi hopes to woo Moscow with new Tunisia-Russia friendship group

The MP for Gabès and leader of the Al-Islah parliamentary bloc, Hassouna Nasfi, has taken over the reins of the brand-new Tunisia-Russia friendship group at the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, which was created on 17 March.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.03.2021

Africa, Russia
Sergey Lavrov gears up for 2022 Russia-Africa summit

The foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is planning to invite two of his west African counterparts to Moscow to discuss the forthcoming Russia-Africa summit later this month.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.02.2021

East Africa, Russia
UTair spreads its wings in East Africa as Moscow steps up aviation diplomacy

Supported by the state-owned Sberbank, Russian airline UTair is building a network across all corners of East Africa.

Subscribers only Business 16.07.2020

An aircraft of the Russian airline UTair.

Libya
Eastern parliament speaker Aguila Salah Issa seeks friends in Paris

The speaker of the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives wants to end his European tour with a visit to France but is struggling to find anyone willing to meet him.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.07.2020

President of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Salah Issa in Moscow, Russia, 3 July.

Libya
Tripoli wants to trade for end of Russian support to Haftar

Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord is trying to play the economic card to have General Khalifa Haftar's foreign backers make a full retreat.

Subscribers only Politics 10.06.2020

Africa, Turkey
Erdogan's African roadshow to sell military cooperation

Even as Turkey wages battle in the east of Syria, the CVK Park hotel in Istanbul was hosting a decidedly [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.11.2019

Niger
Moscow to set up shop in Niamey?

The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, has indicated that he [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2019

Africa, Russia
Moscow deploys soft power

Russia has a full agenda for Africa in 2019. Among the measures planned by Sergey Lavrov and Mikhail Bogdanov, respectively [...]

Free access Politics 28.11.2018

Spotlight | South Sudan
Museveni beats a retreat and al-Bashir takes centre stage

The super-powers have come back onto the diplomatic scene since a peace agreement was signed in stages, obtained with great difficulty from the SPLM of President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the SPLM-IO of the former Vice President and opponent Riek [.

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2015

Russia
Sergey Lavrov

Russia, which long cultivated close business ties with Libya, didn't [...]

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Libya, Russia
Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, wants to ensure that [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.11.2011

Libya, Russia
Sergey Lavrov

France's nuclear ambitions in Libya, a key element in president [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.01.2008

Libya, Russia
Sergey Lavrov

Russia will send its foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, to Tripoli [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.12.2007

Russia
Russia's North African Tour

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov traveled in late November to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia to push the idea of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.12.2005

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UTair spreads its wings in East Africa as Moscow steps up aviation diplomacy

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Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Gabon
Ahead of joining Commonwealth, Gabon sends envoy to Paris

Gabon
One minister after another visits Moscow

Togo
Moscow at the ready to equip Togolese army

Sudan
Hamdok sends his foreign minister to defuse Russian naval base row

Central African Republic, Russia
Russian ambassador to Bangui to return to Moscow this summer

Madagascar
Moscow sets about reviving its fortunes with a new charm offensive

Tunisia
MP Hassouna Nasfi hopes to woo Moscow with new Tunisia-Russia friendship group

Africa, Russia
Sergey Lavrov gears up for 2022 Russia-Africa summit

East Africa, Russia
UTair spreads its wings in East Africa as Moscow steps up aviation diplomacy

Libya
Eastern parliament speaker Aguila Salah Issa seeks friends in Paris

Libya
Tripoli wants to trade for end of Russian support to Haftar

Africa, Turkey
Erdogan's African roadshow to sell military cooperation

Niger
Moscow to set up shop in Niamey?

Africa, Russia
Moscow deploys soft power

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Museveni beats a retreat and al-Bashir takes centre stage

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