{"id":4964,"date":"2026-10-29T10:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:35:21","slug":"putin-receives-african-leaders-as-russia-seeks-deeper-ties-with-the-continent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/putin-receives-african-leaders-as-russia-seeks-deeper-ties-with-the-continent\/politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin receives African leaders as Russia seeks deeper ties with the continent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-20-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4966\" style=\"width:739px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-20-edited.jpg 506w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-20-edited-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian President Vladimir Putin received African leaders in Moscow on October 28 as Russia hosted the third Russia-Africa Summit, a gathering aimed at expanding cooperation between the country and African nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda\u2019s Prime Minister, Dr Justin Nsengiyumva, attended the reception representing President Paul Kagame. The summit opened on October 28 and was scheduled to conclude on October 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, Nsengiyumva also addressed young participants at the Russia-Africa Youth Forum held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), where he discussed Rwanda\u2019s development experience and the role of young people in promoting unity and sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit comes as Russia and African countries seek to expand cooperation in areas including trade, investment, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, healthcare and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discussions are also expected to cover opportunities in artificial intelligence, nuclear technology, research and skills development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gathering follows two previous Russia-Africa summits. The first was held in Sochi in October 2019 under the leadership of Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who was then chairperson of the African Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second summit took place in Saint Petersburg in July 2023, resulting in agreements that included a 2023\u20132026 action plan for Russia-Africa cooperation and documents addressing counterterrorism and international information security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda and Russia established diplomatic relations on October 17, 1963, when Rwanda opened relations with the former Soviet Union. Since then, the two countries have developed cooperation in areas including politics, defence, education, culture and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nsengiyumva arrived in Moscow on the evening of October 27, ahead of the summit\u2019s opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin received African leaders in Moscow on October 28 as Russia hosted the third Russia-Africa Summit, a gathering aimed at expanding cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,43,53,41,36,5,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news","category-current_affairs","category-featured-stories","category-hot_topics","category-international","category-politics","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4967,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964\/revisions\/4967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}