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Russia, Morocco, Bilateral Relations: September 2025 Update

Africa, Agriculture, Exports, Imports, Investment, Middle East, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met with Nasser Bourita, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation of Morocco on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. During the conversation, they addressed several bilateral issues, including the scheduling of upcoming multilateral meetings. The two sides reaffirmed […]

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South Sudan

Russia, South Sudan Bilateral Relations: 2025 Update 

Africa, Investment, Security, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met with Semaya Kumba, the Foreign Affairs Minister of South Sudan, on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. They discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, including key areas for further development of Russia–South Sudan collaboration, deepening political dialogue, and strengthening

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Sahel

Russia, Sahel States Diplomatic Relations: September 2025 Updates

Africa, Energy, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Investment, Security, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met with the Foreign Ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), namely Abdoulaye Diop (Mali), Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré (Burkina Faso), and Yaou Sangaré Bakary (Niger).  The AES (Alliance des États du Sahel) is a confederation formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso in the Sahel region of

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Crimea

Chinese Cargo Ship Arrives In Sevastopol For First Time Since 2014

Africa, China, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The Chinese cargo ship Heng Yang 9 – which is registered in Panama – has visited Sevastopol in Crimea, marking the first major foreign vessel to use one of the Crimean ports since 2014, when hostilities with Ukraine first broke out and sanctions were imposed on the territory. While China has not adopted the western

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Russia Wants To Produce Sunflower Oil In Egypt For Resale To African Markets

Africa, Agriculture, BRICS, Investment, Trade

Russia is interested in setting up production of sunflower oil in Egypt, with the issue raised during a Russian delegation’s visit to Cairo, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, who led the delegation. He said that “We have very active cooperation in agriculture with Egypt, which buys ours, and we’re discussing setting up

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Egypt

Moscow Assessing Options For Russian Industrial Zone At Egypt’s Suez Canal

Africa, BRICS, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

The Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, who is about to visit Cairo, is to follow up on issues relating to the development of the much-delayed Russian Manufacturing & Development Zone based at Port Said near the Suez Canal. The intergovernmental agreement on the creation of the Russian Industrial Zone within the Suez Canal Economic

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Algeria

Algeria, Russia To Cooperate in African Energy Development

Africa, Energy, Exports, Investment

The Russian Deputy Energy Minister, Roman Marshavin, has been meeting his Algerian counterpart Mohamed Arkab, in Algiers, and have agreed to step up coordination in the energy sector, pledging closer collaboration within OPEC+ and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) as well as joint projects in electricity and resource development, the Russian Energy Ministry has

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BRICS Virtual

The BRICS Virtual Summit: A Dry Run For The UN General Assembly: Text & Analysis

Africa, Asia, BRICS, China, Economy, Finance, India, Latin America, Middle East, Russian Market, Security, Trade

The BRICS nations convened an emergency virtual summit yesterday (September 8), hosted by Brazilian President Lula da Silva, to discuss the situation concerning the United States imposition of trade tariffs on multiple countries including BRICS members. The meeting lasted about 90 minutes. All ten full BRICS members were present, represented by Brazilian President Lula Da

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Congo

Russia-Republic of Congo Bilateral Relations: September 2025 Update

Africa, Energy, Investment, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been attending the celebrations for the end of World War II in Beijing and has had the opportunity to discuss bilateral relations with other attendees, including with the Republic of Congo’s President, Denis Sassou Nguesso. This is what they had to say: Vladimir Putin: “Mr President, I am delighted

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Burkina Faso

Russia and Burkina Faso Discussing Direct Air Connectivity

Africa, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and West Africa’s Burkina Faso are discussing plans to launch direct flights between their respective capitals—Moscow and Ouagadougou—aimed at boosting tourism, according to Aristide Tapsoba, the Burkina Faso Ambassador to Russia. Tapsoba made the comments at Technoprom 2025, the ongoing international forum on technological development, in Novosibirsk. Tapsoba added, “We already have a Russian

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