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The 2025 US National Security Strategy recasts Africa from partner to price tag in a transactional, resource-driven era of great-power rivalry.
Before global constraints become irreversible, countries must show how loss and damage can be measured and linked to development and debt.
Several steps can ensure that Africa uses its numerical advantage in the agreement to influence critical upcoming negotiations.
Last year’s tragic events at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa show the danger of poor information in policing operations.
Donald Trump’s national security strategy mentions Africa in passing as a source of critical minerals and a counter to China’s dominance.
African cities bear the brunt of climate impacts, and cannot afford to wait for international solidarity that may never come.
Rather than focusing on counter-terrorism operations, dialogue should be supported as a way to tackle local dynamics sustaining the insurgency.
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