Vol 65 No 22 | RUSSIAAFRICABRICS Mixed progress on Putin’s agenda 31st October 2024 While the BRICS summit made limited headway, the US and EU should not underestimate the strength of antipathy to the multilateral institutions Hosting last week’s BRICS summit in Kazan was a welcome break from two years of international isolation for President Vladimir Putin and a golden opportunity to increase Russia’s...
Vol 67 No 8 | RUSSIAAFRICA How Moscow wages social media war 16th April 2026 Some 35 websites or media organisations published 700 stories at Russian instigation for fees ranging from $250 to $700 per article The documents leaked from ‘The Company’, the inheritor of the Wagner Group’s network in Africa, itemise US$7.3 million spent on social media ‘influencers’ and journalists to promote the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 12 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Moscow's missing tankers 9th June 2022 As Russia seeks to evade western sanctions on oil and gas exports, mystery surrounds the fate of two super-tankers loaded with 4.2 million barrels of Russian crude oil...
Vol 46 No 6 | GAMBIA Cold murder trail 18th March 2005 Efforts to find out who murdered Deyda Hydara, Editor of The Point newspaper, on 16 December become more bizarre by the day. Gambian police arrested Wally Hakim Mahmoud,...
Vol 64 No 3 | RUSSIASAHEL Resurrecting the 'Russosphere' 2nd February 2023 The spike in pro-Russian sentiment in the Sahel has been linked to an obscure Belgian activist, Luc Michel. Describing himself as a 'Stalinist', Michel, 65, founded a Belgian...
