During a recent state visit to Moscow by Mozambican President Daniel Chapo Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hinted that the Kremlin would be prepared to replace the EU's financing in Cabo Delgado deepening arms relations between Moscow and Kigali (Dispatches 1/6/26 Who really funds Kigali's security operations in Cabo Delgado...

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met his Namibian counterpart Selma Ashipala-Musavyi in January with Moscow signalling interest in buying more Namibian uranium – despite its efforts to secure access to Niger's uranium currently mined by France's Orano (AC Vol 67 No 3 Attack on Niamey airbase sounds alarms on uranium security)...

This followed an April summit where Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pledged stronger military cooperation and closer alignment of foreign policy – notably at the UN...

On 9 November Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Congo-K counterpart Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner at the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Sochi...

Logically also uncovered communications between André Dembélé and Siaka Coulibaly a Burkinabé political analyst and government advisor looking at ways to form new alliances with senior Russian officials including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

Between February 2022 and July 2023 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made eight trips to Africa and he has made at least six more since then...

The social media sandstorm of recent days typifies a 2024 Sahel where reliable information has become rare and the juntas in power are entrenched ever deeper in confrontation with Ecowas Europe and the United States while deepening ties with Russia – whose foreign minister Sergei Lavrov visited Burkina this month...

What that meant for Prigozhin's Wagner Group mercenaries and Moscow's operations in Africa was much discussed in the corridors of the summit usually out of earshot of the Russian delegation headed by foreign minister Sergei Lavrov...