Africa witnessing ‘second awakening’ – Lavrov

African nations are on their way to economic sovereignty, which Moscow fully supports, the Russian foreign minister has said

There is a “second awakening” taking place across Africa as the continent seeks economic sovereignty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

In an interview with journalist Marina Kim for the ‘New World’ project on Thursday, Lavrov said there was a growing determination among African nations to break away from economic dependence on the West...