Maverick News How Russia uses education as effective influential soft power tool to gain ground in Africa 6 min 0 By Mitchelle Awuor, Moffin Njoroge and Chike Odita
Op-eds Lacklustre Russia-Africa summit a vanity boost for Putin but a damp squib for the continent 4 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
Maverick News Ramaphosa and other African leaders back Putin’s reasons for pulling out of Black Sea Grain Initiative 3 min 42 By Peter Fabricius
World Russia-Africa Summit declaration is tantamount to an implicit African endorsement of Putin’s war 4 min 14 By Peter Fabricius
Business Maverick Russia’s renewed economic weaponisation of food and the 13,000 sanctions on the Motherland 3 min 0 By Sharon Wood
Maverick News Putin rejects Ramaphosa’s appeal to reinstate Black Sea Grain Initiative 4 min 17 By Peter Fabricius
World Kyiv steps up counteroffensive in south; Putin rewards African allies with promise of free grain 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
World Nato-Ukraine council to discuss Black Sea ports; troops make ‘tactically significant’ gains in counteroffensive 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
Maverick News STFU: How the Russian/SA modern love affair explains a media blackout 6 min 73 By Richard Poplak
Maverick News Russia-Africa summit will be largely a West-bashing exercise 8 min 9 By Peter Fabricius
Maverick News Access denied — Daily Maverick barred from Russia-Africa Summit after journalist accreditation revoked 3 min 28 By Victoria O’Regan
DM168 Ramaphosa forced to shrink Putin's world to manage risk to SA's global reputation, Agoa trade privileges 8 min 5 By Peter Fabricius and Queenin Masuabi
Maverick News Russia-Africa Summit must prioritise needs of continent while pushing for greater negotiating power 4 min 1 By Priyal Singh and Denys Reva
Maverick News African nations must strive to define collective positions and needs to avoid hollow summit diplomacy 4 min 1 By Ronak Gopaldas
South Africa South Africa in talks with Russian airline over SA-Moscow flight route — Swiss journal 3 min 7 By Peter Fabricius
Maverick News DA says Naledi Pandor should not meet Sergey Lavrov — unless to pressure Russia to end Ukraine invasion 2 min 1 By Peter Fabricius