Analysts believe that the St Petersburg Russia-Africa summit should be an opportunity for Africa to put pressure on Russia to start unlocking some of the key issues raised in the 10-point peace plan tabled by the African leaders.

African Leaders are advised to zoom into two critical issues when they meet President Vladimir Putin at the second Russia-Africa summit in this week.

First, they should be concerned that they don’t have a common position on the Russian-Ukraine war. The second issue of concern is the presence of Wagner group mercenaries in African conflicts.

GUEST:   Prof Christopher Isike – Professor of African Politics and International Relations at the University of Pretoria’s Department of Political Sciences