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Mozambique after the presidential elections. Part 1

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New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Goncharov

Biden's African Stroll

Joe Biden’s visit to Angola from 2 to 4 December 2024 marked his first trip to Africa as President of the United States. It was also the first...

28.12.2024 3

New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Goncharov

Senegal on the path of independent development

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who came to power in March this year after winning the presidential election, faced strong resistance from the old political...

09.12.2024 3

New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Goncharov

Angola - a shift in bias towards the US. Part 3

Today, Angola, which, along with Nigeria, ranks first in Africa in oil production and exports and fifth in the world in diamond production, is...

06.12.2024 3

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Viktor Goncharov

Angola: a shift towards the US. Part 2

Back in 2009, former US President Barack Obama chose Angola, along with South Africa and Nigeria, as one of three potentially important strategic...

27.11.2024 6

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Viktor Goncharov

Angola: A Shift Towards the US. Part 1

Against the backdrop of the 16th BRICS Summit held in Kazan from 22-24 October this year, Angola’s recent efforts to strengthen ties with the...

24.11.2024 4

New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Goncharov

Senegal—on the cusp of change? Part 2

A month before snap parliamentary elections, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on October 14 unveiled an...

05.11.2024 3

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Viktor Goncharov

Senegal ‒ on the cusp of change? Part 1

Current President Faye’s ruling party stands a good chance of securing a majority in the upcoming parliamentary elections, on November 17. Reasons...

01.11.2024 2

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Viktor Goncharov

The Great Game in the Horn of Africa continues. Part 4: The Ethiopia-Somalia conflict from the perspective of other external parties

As for Britain, the United States’ closest ally, it has taken a more pragmatic approach in its relations with Ethiopia in the present case. It...

27.10.2024 6

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Viktor Goncharov

The Great Game in the Horn of Africa continues. Part 3: Conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia -Washington as provocateur

The official statements of the US, in particular the American ambassador to Mogadishu Richard Riley, that Washington’s goal is “to find a peaceful...

14.10.2024 2

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Viktor Goncharov

The Great Game in the Horn of Africa continues. Part 2. After the second round of talks between Somalia and Ethiopia, the negotiations began to look more like political horse trading

Mogadishu is tightening its conditions for reaching an agreement Explaining the reason for Mogadishu’s ultimatum, the Somali Foreign Minister said...

09.10.2024 2

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Viktor Goncharov

The Great Game in the Horn of Africa continues. Part 1: The driving motives behind Turkish mediation

Over the past three months, developments in the Horn of Africa have gained new momentum, with the holding of talks between Ethiopia and Somalia,...

02.10.2024 4

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Viktor Goncharov

In the jungles of French policy on Africa. Part III: The end of the notorious FranceAfrique policy – or will its ‘less noticeable’ continuation follow?

The issue of reducing the French military presence in Africa has been on Paris’ the agenda for many years. When taking up their duties, all of the...

24.08.2024 3

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Viktor Goncharov

In the jungles of French policy on Africa. Part II: Sahel – E. Macron’s «French Afghanistan»

Summing up the French failures in Africa, and particularly in Mali, the US The National Interest concluded that « the era of French diplomatic...

20.08.2024 1

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Viktor Goncharov

In the jungles of French policy on Africa. Part I: The truth about French failures in Africa

Recently in world media covering Africa a lot of information has surfaced about French President Emmanuel Macron’s intentions to reformat Paris’...

17.08.2024 6

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Viktor Goncharov

Ethiopia on the brink of a coup?

Recent developments on the African continent show that the tide is turning away from francophone West Africa, which has seen 9 military coups in...

24.07.2024 2

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Viktor Goncharov

The Failure of US Policy in Africa, as seen by Western Experts. Part Three: Washington in search of a way out of its impasse

Today, while the US government and political think-tanks are looking for ways to solve the trilemma posed by its African policy, namely, which of...

15.07.2024 2

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Viktor Goncharov