In What Does Russia Want from Africa? Interrogating Russia's Re-awakened Interest in Africa, Jideofor Adibe, a Professor of Political Science and newspaper columnist, x-rays the historical relations between Russia and Africa. The book, which was the Inaugural Lecture he presented to Nasarawa State University Keffi on October 30, 2024, discusses the emergence of Vladmir Putin as Russia's President, the country's quest to resurge power onto the global scene under his leadership and the reasons Russia wants a closer relationship with Africa. He also examines the two Russo-Africa Summits, the Russo-Ukraine War and the latter's implications for Africa, as well as the Russian private military company, WAGNER, including its likely fate in Africa after the death of its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin. In a postscript, he discusses the likely impact of the election of Donald Trump as America's 47th President on the trajectory of the Russo-Ukraine War, and on Africa._______________________________
Jideofor Adibe is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. He holds degrees in political science (B.Sc, M.Sc. from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka) and a doctorate in International Development Studies from Roskilde University, Denmark. He also holds an LLM degree in Media Law from City University London and equally took courses on the New Economic Powers from Oxford University, United Kingdom.
He has held Research Fellowships at several institutions across the world including the Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark; the Nordic Institute for African Studies, Uppsala, Sweden and the Centre for Developing Area Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He has also consulted for many organizations including the Brookings Institution, the National Peace Committee (Nigeria) and the Centre for Democracy and Development (Nigeria).