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Global powers court Africa as alliances shift in newly multipolar world

By France24
17 August 2022   |   5:14 am
Presidents and ministers from global powers have been crisscrossing Africa over the past few weeks. We get some analysis on the geopolitical chess game taking place on the continent from Eric Olander, Editor-in-Chief of The China-Global South Project.

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