Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov is visiting a slew of different African countries this week with the alleged objective of maintaining and strengthening ties there. Marco Werman interviews Comfort Ero, president of Crisis Group, about Lavrov’s tour of Africa and what both Russia and Lavrov’s hosts hope to gain.
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