Vol 37 No 18 | GAMBIA Miami vice 6th September 1996 The seizure of two military helicopters on 30 August at Miami's international airport, stored on a plane about to take off for Banjul, has raised more suspicions about...
Vol 64 No 3 | RUSSIAAFRICA President Putin's Africa summit in July will be key diplomatic test 26th January 2023 Foreign Minister Lavrov tours Southern Africa as Moscow wins more battles in information war with Europe and the US Russian officials are confident that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend President Vladimir Putin's Russia-Africa summit due to be held in late July in St Petersburg. The...
Vol 63 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Ramaphosa weighs the cost of Moscow's war 18th March 2022 Backed by Russia during the liberation struggle, the African National Congress struggles to find a 'neutral' stance on the Ukraine war On the scale of economic gains and losses, a quick end to the Russian war on Ukraine would be in South Africa's, and much of Africa's best interest....
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 56 No 5 | UGANDARUSSIAOIL AND GAS Museveni gets his refinery 6th March 2015 Doubts surround both the Russian contract and the supposed benefit and even viability of the oil discoveries A Russian state company under European Union sanctions has won the contract to build an oil refinery on the shore of Lake Albert. The contract is symptomatic of...
