Reawakening Africa – OpEd

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during his traditional media conference summarizing the performance of Russian diplomacy in 2025, described the entire African leadership as currently in the process of waking up, from its deep slumber, to ensure political sovereignty, and now making assertive efforts toward establishing economic independence.

Looking at the current picture, "Africa is already beginning to undergo a second reawakening. It is comprehending the fact that political independence did not facilitate economic independence...