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2nd Russia-Africa Forum Kicks Off in Egypt

2nd Russia-Africa Forum inKicks CairoOff Focusesin on Trade, InvestmentEgypt

Above: Colonel Sadio Camara, Minister of Defense and Veterans of Mali, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali, enter a hall during a meeting in Moscow on February 28, 2024. Image credit: Maxim Shipewnkov/Getty Images

The Spin

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