Vol 63 No 13 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA How manganese pipeline helps the ANC 23rd June 2022 The ruling party's ambivalence on Ukraine reflects its parlous finances as well as its internal feuding and ideological posturing A transparency law on political party funding has embarrassed the ruling African National Congress by revealing its links to Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch under global sanctions. This...
Vol 63 No 12 | RUSSIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Deepening food and fuel crisis prompts emergency summits 2nd June 2022 AU Chief Macky Sall to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin over trapped grain stocks after EU pledges more cash for African farmers In a bid to unblock vital stocks of wheat and fertiliser, Senegal's President Macky Sall is to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 3 June. Sall,...
Vol 66 No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASARUSSIA Wagner Group is struggling to sell arms to Tshisekedi 24th December 2024 Kinshasa’s closer business ties with the US are sidelining Moscow’s military offers Congolese businessmen close to President Félix Tshisekedi are trying to negotiate a regime security, and arms deal between Kinshasa and the remnants of the Wagner Group, now under...
Vol 42 No 20 | GAMBIA The re-election game 12th October 2001 A fixed vote and foreign indifference will put Jammeh back in power Almost no one expects a free vote on 18 October, when President Doctor Alhaji Yahya Jammeh (Colonel, Retired) is up for re-election (AC Vol 42 No 6). His...
Vol 64 No 14 | RUSSIAAFRICA Prigozhin tests Putin with an African putsch 26th June 2023 Russia's mercenary chief was following Hemeti's playbook in Sudan – but his loss of nerve may have repercussions across Africa As Wagner's putsch led by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin unfolded in Russia on 23-24 June, many in Africa saw strong parallels with the bid for power launched by...
