July 27, 2023 At the Second Summit Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, the formation of a new world order was discussed
On July 27, 2023, within the framework of the Second Summit Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, the session “New World Order: from the Legacy of colonialism to Sovereignty and development” was held, which was organized by the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The moderator of the session was the director of the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Abramova.
Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev; Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky; Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Konstantin Mogilevsky; Deputy Executive Director of the Department of Multilateral Relations and Cooperation of the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation of Namibia Jerobim Shaanika; Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Torkunov; Director of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences M.A. Lipkin; Former Advisor to the President of the Republic of Senegal on Economic Affairs, Director of Forum Tiers-Monde Cherif Salif Sy; Honorary President of the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “Asia and Africa Today”, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Vasiliev; Visiting Professor at North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosova Maurice Ndubuisi Okoli; President of the Union of African Diaspora Zenebe Kinfu Tafesse took part in the discussion..
Opening the session, Irina Abramova invited the discussion participants to answer questions about the role of Russia and Africa in establishing a new world order, about modern manifestations of colonialism, and the features of cooperation in the fields of science and technology for overall socio-economic development. Alexey Vasiliev noted that the modern world is changing rapidly, and resistance to these changes causes bloody crises.
As part of the session, there was a presentation of the book “Africa: Colonizers’ Unpaid Debt,” written by a team of authors: Irina Abramova, Sergey Volkov, Valentina Gribanova, Tatiana Deitch, Tatiana Denisova, Natalya Zherlitsyna, Sergey Kostelyanets, Olga Kulkova, Andrey Urnov, Valentina Usacheva, Leonid Fituni, Vladimir Shubin, Andrey Elez. The book was published with the support of RT.
Book imprint: Africa: Colonizers’ Unpaid Debt. Coll. ed., rep. ed. Irina Abramova. – Moscow: Institute for African Studies RAS, 2023. – 122 p.
