Russia-Africa Summit

The first Russia-Africa Summit was held on 23–24 October 2019 in Sochi, Russia, co-hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. 43 heads of state or government were in attendance. Putin emphasized "state sovereignty" and Russian willingness to offer aid or trade deals "without political or other conditions", said that "an array of Western countries are resorting to pressure, intimidation and blackmail of sovereign African governments," against which Russia was well suited to help African states push back.[1]

Attendees

• Alpha Conde, President of Guinea[2]
• Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique
• Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria
• Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
• Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi
• Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali
• Teodoro Obiang Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea
• Roch Marc Kabore, President of Burkina Faso
• Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
• Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
• Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
• Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone
• Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe
• Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar
• Adama Barrow, President of The Gambia
• Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of Mauritania
• Mohamed Abdulahi Farmaajo, President of Somalia
• Idris Deby, President of Chad
• Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, President of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan
• Abdelkader Bensaleh, Acting President of Algeria
• Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo
• Hage Geingob, President of Namibia
• Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya
• Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti
• João Lourenço, President of Angola
• Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic
• Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo
• Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
• Patrice Talon, President of Benin
• Danny Faure, President of Seychelles
• Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros
• Mswati III, King of Eswatini
• Jewel Howard Taylor, Vice President of Liberia
• Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
• Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Prime Minister of Gabon
• Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of Tanzania
• Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea
• Salva Kiir Mayardit, President South Sudan

References

1. Gershkovich, Evan (26 October 2019). "At Russia's Inaugural Africa Summit, Moscow Sells Sovereignty". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
2. Alfa Shaban, Abdur Rahman (23 October 2019). "LIST: African presidents, PMs attending Russia - Africa summit". africanews. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

External sources

• The Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum