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Smoke rises over downtown Kyiv after a Russian missile attack in July 2024. Sergiy Palamarchuk / Shutterstock

Ukraine war: after four surprising years, where does it go next? Experts give their view

The Ukraine war enters its fifth year and there are no signs that the fighting will end anytime soon.
Nigeria Navy officers at the induction of acquired warships and locally built Seaward Defence Boat in Lagos, 2021. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Africa’s militaries have always relied on imported weapons: why a shift to homegrown defence is now under way

Across Africa, governments are finding ways to reduce dependence on foreign arms suppliers and building capabilities they can control, maintain and adapt.
With hundreds of thousands of troops in the field and millions displaced by the conflict, can Ukraine organise a free and fair election? EPA/Oleg Movchaniuk

Five reasons Trump’s plan for Ukrainian elections and a peace referendum will only prolong the war

The US president’s plan for Ukraine looks far-fetched and one-sided – but it might buy Volodymyr Zelensky and his allies valuable time.
The head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, named Vladimir Putin ‘chief exorcist’ in 2022 in response to the Kremlin calling for the ‘desatanisation’ of Ukraine. Maxim Shipenkov / EPA

The Ukraine war has given rise to an ‘exorcism economy’ in Russia

Thousands of Russians have travelled to monasteries and priests for exorcisms since the start of the Ukraine war.

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