Russia-Africa Summit: Russia Becomes First International Partner Of AES Confederal Bank, BCID-AES

Nov 09, 2026

On October 28, on the sidelines of the 2026 Russia-Africa Summit, Burkinabé Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on behalf of his country with Russia’s state-owned development company VEB.RF. This MoU will, among other things, link the Confederal Bank for Investment and Development of the Alliance of Sahel States (BCID-AES) to Russia’s international payment system, which happens to operate outside of Western control.

In this report for The Spearhead, @barrahart sheds light on the very exciting implications of this new deal, both for the AES and the rest of Africa.

US Places 11 African Countries On ‘Do Not Travel’ Advisory List, While Actively Destabilizing Most Of Them

In that classic hypocrisy that we have all come to expect from the “greatest nation on Earth”, the US State Department has placed 11 African countries on its highest-level ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory list, even as the US is actively destabilizing and attempting to destroy most of these countries.

Because… of course.