1) The much lauded African Summit you cite saw a decrease (from 43 to 17) of African heads of state/government attending compared to the last one in 2019. Mostly foreign ministers samba ambassadors showed up.
2) Neither Mali not Burkina Faso are in a position to do anything about Niger. They are both hip deep in Islamist insurgencies. Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), an Al Queda offshoot, is control most of the countryside in both nations. I suspect they will establish a caliphate within five years.
3) The “humanitarian tragedy” has been present in Mail for decades and in Burkina Faso since 2018. It’s Islamist driven, not by the West.
Sorry, “samba” should be “and.” Big fingers, little phone.
49 of 54 nations attended. Did you actually read the Russia Africa Summit Statement or are you just wanting to interject the administration spin on this thread? Did you ever hear of Wagner PMC? Along with the ONLY guaranteed source of cheap, abundant food and energy for a developing Africa, Russia is able to offer security services as well. The Russians are playing the Western imperialists treatment of Africa masterfully. Something the administration will probably endorse coming out of the Africa/Russia communique, reparations for Africa.
49 out of 54 attended the summit. The idea that it was a failure because only 17 delegations were led by presidents is preposterous.
2019 summit was the first of its kind, hence the higher attendance by presidents.
Many of those who are missing have been to Russia twice in this year alone.
The most remarkable is that the media was busy to scan several days of speeches to find more evidence of “failure” and the most they got is Rampharosa saying we wants Black Sea opened for grain and Comoran guy who said that his country is open for cooperation with all countries, not only Russia.
How is it a “challenge to Putin” as presstitutes put it I don’t know.