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August 2022

The war in Ukraine divides Africa

  After two months of inconclusive attempts, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelynsky succeeded on June 20 in addressing African representatives at a closed-door meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa.[1] Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, Kiev has never shown any..

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March 2022

There is war in Europe – Africa is looking for its position

On 2 March 2022, during a United Nations General Assembly vote, the large majority of UN member states condemned Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine. Only Belarus, North Korea and Syria, along with one African country, Eritrea, voted with Russia..

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February 2022

France’s African policy is at a dead end. And Putin is in the fast lane

Mali’s military junta has booted out the French ambassador, Joël Meyer, for criticising its decision to postpone national elections indefinitely