The year Africa turned away from the west?

RUSSIA’S moves in Africa have been widely debated by western think thanks and policymakers the last couple of years. The general consensus comes down to the sentiment that president Vladimir Putin’s personal desire to return his country to great-power status is the reason for the new Russia-Africa detente.

Experts at the recent Valdai Discussion Club bring to the forefront Russia’s escalating influence in Africa. In fact, 2019 has been dubbed the ‘Year of Africa in Russia foreign policy.’ History tells us that Russia’s influence in Africa nosedived after the fall of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, every positive move by Russia today is equated as a move to recapture the power and ideology of the USSR. When in fact, nothing could be further from reality.

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