Introduction

The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States in the 2024 election has set in motion a series of actions which hold profound implicat

I’ve seen and listened to many responses – some direct, others indirect – to my article1 on the problems of Nigeria’s foreign policy, which looked at Nigeria’s assigned role in BRICS as a ‘partner member’ and its new-found love of France.

By way of introduction

In these times, many in the Americas and the Caribbean are giving in to geo-political fatalism.

Experts, such as Professors Vladimir Shubin and Alexandra Arkhangelskaya, Institute for African Studies in Moscow, have argued that Russia needs to be more strategic in aligning its interests, and be more proactive with instruments and mechanisms in promoting economic cooperation in order to reap

Introduction

The bank, with the task of transforming Russia’s trade with Africa, organised an economic conference for more than 1,500 participants from 20-22 June in Moscow. The economic conference and other Russia–African events in 2019 can be described as “the Year of Africa” in the Russian Federation.

Russia, Africa and the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum

Since its first days in office, the Trump administration has openly talked about going to war with Venezuela for its oil and ousting Venezuela President, Nicolas Maduro.  To this end, the Trump administration has employed a variety of destabilising tactics and actions against Venezuela,