On November 18, the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of the Valdai Paper “Russia-Africa: Overcoming Challenges”. Vladimir Shubin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Honorary Doctor of the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), Chief Researcher, Institute of African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (author of the Paper); Aliou Tounkara, President of the Russian House in Mali; Alexander Balezin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Central Asia Institute, World History Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Dareskedar Taye, Leading Researcher at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia; Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, participated. The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.