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Daria Zelenova, Head of the BRICS African Strategy Studies Center at the Institute for African Studies (RAS): “South Africa now has a chance to help shape the continent’s future.”

The G20 summit is being held on African soil for the first time. Under its presidency, South Africa is continuing the course set by its predecessors.

Institute for African Studies Researchers at the International Conference “Broadening BRICS Cooperation”

On 11 November 2025, the conference featured two Africa-focused events highlighting the role of the continent in the bloc’s future development.

Roundtable Discussion: “Integrating the Countries of the Global South into BRICS: The Case of Africa”

On 25 November 2025 at 11:00, the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAS RAS) will host a roundtable discussion titled “Integrating the Countries of the Global South into BRICS: The Case of Africa.”

Maxim Grishenkin Took Part in the Fourth BRICS Summer School

Maxim Grishenkin, a Junior Research Fellow at the BRICS African Strategy Studies Center, took part in the Fourth BRICS Summer School, held from 1 to 3 September in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Daria Zelenova, Head of the Centre for African Strategy in BRICS, spoke at the Valdai Forum in Pretoria.

On July 28, 2025, a conference was held on the topic: “Realpolitik in a divided world: Rethinking the ties between Russia and South Africa in a global and African context.”

Maxim Grishenkin and Tamara Andreeva took part in the discussion, 'The African Region in BRICS: Goals and Prospects”.

A discussion entitled “The African region in the BRICS association: goals and prospects” was held in the library of foreign literature.

Andreeva T.A. at the Congress of Russia's Anthropologists and Ethnologists

On July 2-6, 2025, Tamara Alekseevna Andreeva, junior researcher at the Center for African Strategy in BRICS of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, took part in the XVI Congress of Russia's Anthropologists and Ethnologists, which was held in Perm.

"Strengthening African Agency in BRICS: Can the Participation of African States Enhance Multipolarity?" – Lecture by D. A. Zelenova

D.A. Zelenova emphasized South Africa's crucial role in the bloc as a key driver of the Pan-African agenda.

The conference “BRICS and Africa: political, economic and humanitarian cooperation” was held in Moscow with the active participation of the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

On June 16, 2025, Moscow hosted the conference 'BRICS and Africa: Political, Economic, and Humanitarian Cooperation,' organized by the Center for African Strategy Studies...

Commentary by the Head of the Center for the African Initiative and TASS

Dr. D.A. Zelenova, Head of the BRICS African Strategy Research Center (PhD in Political Science), provided commentary to African Initiative and TASS regarding South African President Ramaphosa's visit to the United States.