The second Russia-Africa Summit set for 27 to 28 July in St Petersburg which will see African leaders are to meet with Russian President Vladimir, comes as Moscow continues to wage war against Ukraine. In this VOA interview, SAIIA’s Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme Steven Gruzd argues that there will be a lot of focus on who attends. He adds that the last time in 2019, when the world looked very different before the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, there were 43 African heads of state that went to Sochi to attend the summit.
