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Article: Namibia: Russia gives heed to substantial co-op with Africa.
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- August 10, 2009
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made a four-day, four-nation trip to Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia and Angola in late June, his first to the African continent as the Russian leader. Besides Egypt, his tour of three Sub-Sahara countries is the first by a post-Soviet Russia Head of State.
A major area of Russian assistance to Africa is alleviation of the debt. Russia has by now canceled debts of African countries amounting to 20 billion U.S. dollars and roughly a half of the amount has been pardoned in the recent two years. Its ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, told reporters last year that Russia has also contributed 40 million ...