AFRICAN DIGITAL DEMOCRACY OBSERVATORY How Russia uses education as effective influential soft power tool to gain ground in Africa 6 min 0 By Mitchelle Awuor, Moffin Njoroge and Chike Odita
ISS TODAY OP-ED Lacklustre Russia-Africa summit a vanity boost for Putin but a damp squib for the continent 4 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
DIPLOMACY WITH NEW DELHI Ramaphosa persuades India’s Modi to attend BRICS Summit 4 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
COMRADELY SUPPORT Ramaphosa and other African leaders back Putin’s reasons for pulling out of Black Sea Grain Initiative 3 min 42 By Peter Fabricius
ANALYSIS Russia-Africa Summit declaration is tantamount to an implicit African endorsement of Putin’s war 4 min 14 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 JULY 2023 Drones strike Moscow towers; Saudi Arabia set to host peace effort 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED Russia’s renewed economic weaponisation of food and the 13,000 sanctions on the Motherland 4 min 0 By Sharon Wood
RUSSIA-AFRICA SUMMIT Putin rejects Ramaphosa’s appeal to reinstate Black Sea Grain Initiative 4 min 17 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE African leaders press Putin on grain deal and peace plan for Ukraine 2 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 JULY 2023 Kyiv steps up counteroffensive in south; Putin rewards African allies with promise of free grain 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 27 JULY 2023 Nato-Ukraine council to discuss Black Sea ports; troops make ‘tactically significant’ gains in counteroffensive 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
ST PETERSBURG SNUB Poor turnout of African leaders expected at Putin’s summit 4 min 18 By Peter Fabricius
TRAINSPOTTER STFU: How the Russian/SA modern love affair explains a media blackout 6 min 73 By Richard Poplak
ST PETERSBURG ANALYSIS Russia-Africa summit will be largely a West-bashing exercise 9 min 9 By Peter Fabricius
ACCREDITATION FLIP-FLOP Access denied — Daily Maverick barred from Russia-Africa Summit after journalist accreditation revoked 3 min 28 By Victoria O’Regan
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Ramaphosa forced to shrink Putin's world to manage risk to SA's global reputation, Agoa trade privileges 8 min 5 By Peter Fabricius and Queenin Masuabi
ISS TODAY OP-ED Russia-Africa Summit must prioritise needs of continent while pushing for greater negotiating power 4 min 1 By Priyal Singh and Denys Reva
ISS TODAY OP-ED African nations must strive to define collective positions and needs to avoid hollow summit diplomacy 5 min 1 By Ronak Gopaldas
AVIATION POLITICS South Africa in talks with Russian airline over SA-Moscow flight route — Swiss journal 4 min 7 By Peter Fabricius
PUTIN'S WAR DA says Naledi Pandor should not meet Sergey Lavrov — unless to pressure Russia to end Ukraine invasion 2 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
