At the recently concluded Russia-Africa summit held in St. Petersburg from 28th to 29th March, an undisclosed member of Ghana’s delegation experienced a loss of money from their hotel room.
The summit saw the gathering of various African leaders and government representatives who engaged with the Russian president and other high-ranking officials.
Ukrainian journalist Igor Suskho reported that several guests at the event had incidents of burglary recorded in their hotel rooms.
“Russia: 3 attendees of the Russia-Africa Summit from Ghana, Burundi, and Argentina found their hotel rooms burglarized in St. Petersburg. $500 and €590 in cash stolen from the hotel room of an executive from Ghana’s gas company,” his tweet read.
Ghana participated in the summit, but GhanaWeb’s verification revealed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was not present in the family photo taken at the conclusion of the event.
The leader of the Ghanaian delegation remains unidentified, despite GhanaWeb obtaining documents indicating the presence of a substantial delegation consisting of government officials and private sector representatives.
This 2023 edition of the Russia-Africa summit marks the second occurrence following the initial summit in Sochi in 2019.