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Dakar hosts 10th peace forum amid rising tensions across Africa

Africa holds around 30 percent of the world’s rare earth reserves, including cobalt, essential for the development of clean energy technologies. © AFP/Junior Kannah

The Senegalese capital Dakar is hosting the 10th International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa on Monday and Tuesday – an anniversary edition taking place against a backdrop of major geopolitical shifts across the continent and competition over the continent's resources.

Thirteen years after its launch, the forum is being held in what organisers describe as a significantly altered security environment.

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