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With geopolitical confrontation and tensions deepening, the key global players are swiftly turning their focus on Africa, experts and observers note, with some of them warning African leaders to exercise prudence in forging international alliances, in particular with countries led by such “‘power-drunk’ leader(s) like Putin”. As African leaders are making strategic choices based on […]
Russia is reported to have urged the Algerian regime to refrain from meddling in the domestic issues of Moscow’s allies in the region, Niger and Mali, news website Maghreb Intelligence reported. The warning came during a meeting in Algiers on April 14 between Russia’s MENA region envoy Mikhail Bogdanov with top Algerian military rulers. Bogdanov […]
Russia intends to establish a “grain exchange” with BRICS nations, aspiring to use this trade alliance of nine emerging countries to challenge Western dominance in agricultural trade. While the officially declared purpose of the inter-bloc grain exchange is to facilitate trade between BRICS member states, analysts say that the new alliance actually aims to become […]
Strengthening the friendly relations between Morocco and Russia and topical issues in the Middle East and Africa on the agenda of the UN Security Council were the focus of meetings held on Thursday in Moscow between Morocco’s ambassador to Russia, Lotfi Bouchaara, and two top officials from the Russian Foreign Ministry. Talks between Russia’s Deputy […]
Russia has sent a group of military trainers and air defense systems to Niger, few days after Niamey ended military cooperation with the US. Niger has aligned itself with Moscow since a coup, that followed the example of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso. The three coup-hit Sahel states have expelled French troops and bolstered ties […]
King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences and solidarity to Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, following the terrorist attack that targeted a concert hall in Moscow and that left many people killed or injured, describing the assault as “heinous and reprehensible.” In this message, the Sovereign expressed Morocco’s strong condemnation of this cowardly and criminal […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has renewed his resolve to continue working with Russia’s re-elected President Vladimir Putin to strengthen relations and partnership between the two countries. This came in a message of congratulations addressed by the Sovereign to Vladimir Putin on his re-election as President of the Russian Federation. In this message, the Sovereign […]
Niamey revoked its military cooperation with the United States and ordered US troops to leave the country after senior US diplomatic and military officials recently warned about Niger’s growing ties to Russia and Iran, the Pentagon said Monday (18 March). Niger’s military government on Saturday (16 March) revoked a major accord known as the status […]
Niger has broken off “with immediate effect” its military cooperation agreement with the United States, the West African country’s military government announced on Saturday (16 March), adding that the US military presence in the territory is no longer justified. The declaration read by the ruling junta’s spokesman Colonel Amadou Abdramane came just a day after […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has zoomed in on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and his vocal criticism of Moscow’s war on Ukraine, arguing that this “emotional reaction” by the French president is due to “resentment” at losing allies in Africa to the Kremlin. In an interview published on Wednesday (13 March), Putin said heightened Russian […]