What is Happening at the Russia Africa Summit 2023?

The Russia Africa Summit 2023 is taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russia hails the Russia Africa Summit as an important event for both trade and improved diplomatic relations with African nations. In fact, Russia now needs Africa because Western sanctions have caused them to seek new markets for their exports (oil, gas, etc).
This Africa Russia summit comes only days after Russia pulled out of the Ukraine grain deal. Russia has been systematically destroying Ukrainian grain, and therefore, they are even more important to African nations who depend on international grain shipments. Russia understands this and they are using it to their advantage to create political pressure and gain allies in United Nations.
The Russia-Africa Summit should have been a victory for Russia, but it looks like results will be disappointing. While 49 delegations have attended, only 17 heads of state have attended (down from 43 heads of state in 2019).
At the 2023 Russia Africa Summit, Putin promised free grain shipments to a number of African countries including Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somali, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea. Each of these countries will receive 25,000 to 50,000 tons of grain and Russia will ship it to them for free (according to RT: https://www.rt.com/russia/580383-putin-pledges-grain-aid-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS).
But the 2023 Russia-Africa Summit may be less impactful than Russia hopes. The decision to end the grain deal has soured many African leaders on Russia.
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