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image (not from entry) from, with caption:ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – MARCH 9, 2018: Russia's Ambassador to Ethiopia Vsevolod Tkachenko, Minata Samate-Cessouma, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Moussa Fakih Mohamed, Chairman of the African Union Commission, Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa, and Smail Chergui (L-R), African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, pose at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. Alexander Shcherbak/TASS –
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Addis Ababa (HAN) December 25, 2018 – Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] & Financial and Energy investment. HAN sources “Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Vsevolod Tkachenko told regional news agencies that, Russian companies crave to invest in Ethiopia and eyeing the energy sector as a priority, specially Somali regions.”
Russia is engaged in a frantic new scramble for influence in the Horn of Africa, specially Somalia, Somaliland and Ethiopia. …
