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European Union, Russia, SADC
Russia and the EU square off over influence in Gaborone

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To cope with the growing international interest in the Southern African Development Community, where Russia has been building on Soviet-era ties, Vladimir Putin pulled out the big guns by appointing his main Africa expert, Andrey Kemarskiy, to the embassy in Gaborone.

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Inner Circle | SADC
Jorge Cardoso gets to grips with SADC's security potential to contend with Cabo Delgado crisis

Of all the directorates of the Southern African Development Community, the one charged with regional political, defence, and security issues is by far the most strategic. Headed by Angola's Jorge Cardoso, it has to humour the changing moods of the organisation's rotating presidents at a time when a SADC military response is increasingly expected in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.

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Jorge Cardoso, head of the SADC Organ for Cooperation in Politics, Defense and Security.

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Road traffic in Kinshasa, 2019.
Spotlight | DRC Battle over control of digital plate registry holds back reform Senegal Fuel crunch and IMF pressure deepen challenges for new PM Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô
Senegal's new prime minister, Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô.
Inner Circle | Libya Misrata native Mohamed Raied moves on all fronts in business and politics
The Misurata Free Zone in Misrata, Libya, June 2022.
Guinea Conakry's unpaid bills leave army without South African vehicles Angola, Zimbabwe Businessman Pedro Soco's regional commodity push from Luanda to Harare Kenya Ruto moves to defuse backlash over US Ebola facility
Kenyan President William Ruto and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington on 4 December 2025.
Africa French foreign ministry finalises diplomatic reshuffle Kenya Cabinet secretary Kagwe forms committee for embattled tea industry
Kenya's Minister of Agriculture in Nairobi, in March 2020.
DRC Kinshasa's Francophonie candidate steps up bid in tour of Arab countries Chad N'Djamena races to replace ageing Kribi oil export platform Tunisia Mokhtar family differences delay diversification of Castel subsidiary

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