MENAFN

(MENAFN) Russia has established eight additional embassies in African countries since the 2023 Russia-Africa summit, increasing its total diplomatic missions on the continent to 48, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Trade between Russia and African nations surpassed $27 billion in 2025, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Monday, pointing to agriculture as a major component of bilateral economic cooperation, according to reports.

World Trade Organization

The proposal on trade as an engine for economic growth, submitted by Japan and Switzerland, calls for exchanges of experiences and best practices on trade policies that support economic growth and integration into global value chains.

DVIDS - Georgia

LANDSTUHL, Germany — Growing up in Lomé, Togo along the coast of Gulf of Guinea, Spc. Koffi Ballogou could not have known that his path would eventually lead him to serve in the U.S. Army. In Lomé, life moves to the tempo of coastal trade and...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

On the afternoon of October 13, 2026, President Xi Jinping met with President of the Council of Togo Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ecobank Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) to strengthen Renminbi (RMB) payment connectivity between China and Africa.