Feature: No External Saviour: Three Russia-Africa Summits And The Strategy Africa Is Failing To Table
On 28 and 29 October, Moscow hosted the Russia-Africa summit. It was the third, not the first, and that matters, because the record of the first two is the best guide to how the third should be judged. It was also one summit among many. Beijing, Paris, Brussels, Washington and Delhi all keep their own […] The post Feature: No External Saviour: Three Russia-Africa Summits And The Strategy Africa…
Three Russia-Africa summits have taken place in Moscow, Beijing, Paris, Brussels, Washington and Delhi, showing that Africa is the most courted continent on earth. The strategy Africa fails to table during these summits is due to a lack of data, a reliance on Kremlin aides and European think tanks for information. Success should be measured by specific numbers, dates, baselines and independent verifiers, but the summits have not met this standard.
The Africa Union chair, Évariste Ndayishimiye, asked for increased African representation in international organizations, but the summit declarations lack concrete commitments. While Russia has offered investment where others offer exploitation, its main exports to Africa are arms, grain and fertilizers. Afrobarometer's survey found that 36% of Africans see Russia's influence positively, compared to 62% for China and 52% for the United States. Ordinary Africans prefer neutrality and results over alignment.
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