US Republican senators have voiced their criticisms of the Africa policy proposed by President Joe Biden’s administration, warning that it may be paving the way for Russia’s growing influence in the continent. The senators emphasized the threat posed by Russia’s paramilitary outfit, the Wagner Group, and the leverage that China and Russia could gain due to perceived American negligence.

At the recently held Clean Cooking Summit in Paris in 2024, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the seven-decade-old African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, reiterated the pressing need for clean cooking solutions in Africa. Highlighting an alarming situation, Adesina referred to a statistic of 900 million African people who are bereft of clean cooking facilities, leading to a surge in premature deaths due to indoor pollution.