Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Africa has essentially been portrayed as a collateral victim of the ongoing conflict. Yet the recent trips of senior officials from the parties to the conflict suggest that the continent's role is much more important than that.
The United States wants a true partnership with Africa, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said August 8 in South Africa, the first leg of his three-country African tour, seen as an attempt to counter efforts of Russia to increase its influence on the continent.
The head of the military junta in Conakry announced on April 30 that he had finally opted for a transition lasting "39 months" before returning power to civilians, going against Guinea's regional partners who were asking for a delay. much shorter.
Faced with security, food and environmental challenges, the States of East Africa want to unite. Gathered within IGAD, they aim to launch a school that will be responsible for training people capable of proposing solutions to these challenges.
The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, was officially admitted on March 29 as a member of the Community of East African States, EAC, the regional organization announced in a statement.
Mali (August 2020 and May 2021), Guinea Conakry (September 2021), Burkina Faso (January 2022)... in less than two years, four West African Presidents have been overthrown by the military. In February 2022, an attempted coup ended in failure in Guinea-Bissau. The domino effect is almost obvious, the cyclical and deep reasons are less so, but are there, behind these remakes which turn into a phenomenon. Explanations and analysis.
Turkey confirms its attachment to economic cooperation with the potential represented by African countries, including the Central African Republic. Turkey and the Central African Republic have therefore signed three agreements with a view to materializing their common desire to improve relations in all areas between the two countries.
