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🔆Russia Africa Summit 2023 #Thread
1. 2nd Russia–Africa Summit and Economic Forum to be held in St. Petersburg in July 2023. 1st Russia–Africa Summit was hosted by Russia in year 2019.
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2. 45 African head of states and state representatives from 54 African countries are expected to attend Russia Africa Summit 2023 like its preceding summits.
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3. Russai Africa forum's business area is organized by Roscongress Foundation with the support of Russian Export Center.
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4. List of attendees of first Russia Africa Summit, 2019 shows Russian economic and strategic prowess in Africa.
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4(a) Official representatives of all 54 African countries worked at the Summit and the Russia-Africa Economic Forum, 45 of which were represented by heads of state and government: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

4(b) Djibouti, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Mauritius, Mauritania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Senegal, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, CAR, Chad,

4(c) Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, South Africa, South Sudan, Gabon, Tanzania, Ethiopia. The Forum was attended by the heads of the executive bodies of eight regional organizations in Africa: African Union, African Export-Import Bank , East African Community, Sahel Five,

4(d) Slave Maghreb Union A , Southern African Development Community, Economic Community of Central African States, Economic Community of West Africa , as well as representatives of the Intergovernmental Development Organization

4(e) and the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa. The events were also attended by 109 foreign ministers and two vice-presidents of Liberia - Jewel Howard-Taylor and Burundi - Joseph Butore.

5. Russia saw an opportunity for a golden handshake in 2018 and moved swiftly to host 1st Russia Africa Summit in Oct 2019 at Sochi, Russia. That oppurtunity was "African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)"
au.int/en/african-con…
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6. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free trade area encompassing most of Africa. It was established in 2018 by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
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7. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) the largest free-trade area by number of member states, after the World Trade Organization, and the largest in population and geographic size.
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8. It is the largest trade association in terms of population and geographic size, spanning 1.3 billion people across the world's second largest continent.
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9. The Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) officially opened at Accra, Ghana in August 2020.
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10. China in Africa:
The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BaRF) is an international political and economic forum. The first event was on 14 and 15 May 2017 in Beijing.
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2017.beltandroadforum.org/english/index.…

11. The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was established in year 2000 and hosted its 8th forum in 2021. This forum has been long used by China as vehicle for its cultural projects in Africa.
focac.org/focacdakar/chn/

12. Now A belligerent US which found itself left out of the African ring loop, hosted 1st ever US Africa summit in Dec 2022 to shore up its economic fortunes in African hinterlands to counter China and Russia.
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