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Moscow to open first embassy in Banjul with new markets in mind

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July 2018. © Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP

Russia has just appointed its first ambassador to the Gambia. In addition to security matters, the envoy will focus on developing trade between the two countries, with a particular emphasis on hydrocarbons and cereals.

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Mostafa Terrab, CEO of the OCP Group, in Rabat on 30 October 2024.
Spotlight | Morocco Phosphate giant OCP Group's struggle to stay on top of double crisis Inner Circle | DRC In the shadow of General 'Omega', the FDLR’s last men standing
A projectile detonates outside the city of Goma in February 2025.
Kenya Security services on alert over volatile social climate Ivory Coast Aircraft manufacturer Grob trains Ivorian Air Force pilots in France Egypt, South Sudan Cairo forced to withdraw from military base in southern Sudan
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Cairo in January 2019.
East Africa EAC financial crisis jeopardises major infrastructure projects Cameroon Tradex board meeting could decide chief executive's fate Mozambique TotalEnergies does everything in its power to fix relations with Chapo Morocco Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer in talks on two fronts

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