by Helen Borodina
Helen Borodina is an independent Russian journalist who attended the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Sochi. EIR has edited the article for publication here.
Nov. 15—Even though human civilization began in Africa about 3 million years ago, the population of the continent has seen all possible forms of injustice over the centuries, such as colonization, slavery, epidemics, hunger, poverty, mass emigration, and deception by Western elites; but today, Africa takes back the lead within its constantly expanding, mutually beneficial partnership with Russia, which is causing yet another shift in the world at large. However, the successful and fruitful First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum held in Sochi, November 9-10, 2024, has turned yet another page in the global history book.
The conference was prompted by the success of the Second Russia-Africa Summit held in Saint Petersburg on July 27-28, 2023 (where EIR’s Sébastien Périmony, director of the African office of the French Schiller Institute, provided comprehensive coverage and conducted a series of expert interviews). This month’s summit brought together the heads of foreign policy departments of the Russian Federation and the states of the African continent, as well as ministers, leaders of the African Union Commission, regional integration associations, financial institutions, business and scientific circles, as well as journalists from 22 African countries.
