Washington must overcome growing anti-west sentiment on the continent given the development alternative that China offers.
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Five essential reads on Russia’s relationship with Africa.
The G7 summit offered the most recent insights for Africa into how western nations are considering their stakes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the impact that could have on developing nations.
Despite the benefits that could come from integration, many African countries remain wary of the process.
The US has about 40 centres that focus on African studies. Africa has only three looking the other way.
Bolder action is needed if the African Union and the European Union are to find common ground on migration.
African countries should adopt measures that strategically play rivals against each other. They should implement long-term strategies and domestic policies for dealing with strategic partners.
Prevailing political attitudes, security actors, alliances and geopolitics differ starkly from the final days of the hated Ethiopian military regime.
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
In the last decade, Morocco exploited the lethargy of Algeria’s diplomacy and the paralysis of the political system to advance its interests, often to the detriment of Algeria
A Biden presidency would be highly likely to adopt policies that would restore the cooperative links that prevailed under Obama.
The Chinese model of peace differs fundamentally from that pursued by western nations.
At the Sochi summit, African states embraced Russia’s newly established relations.
The power dynamics in the World Bank have changed dramatically.
Turkey’s actions have arguably improved the situation in Somalia over the past six years but its increasing role could bring it on a collision course with other states.
In Ethiopia, the US pushes the diffusion of individual freedoms and China jockeys for collective economic betterment. Both the US and China could lose out if chaos spreads in the Horn of Africa.
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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