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Nicholas Westcott, Research Associate, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London

The war in Ukraine: Africa risks paying a heavy price for neutrality

A vendor selling cereals in Nairobi. Photo by Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Far from being swift, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now looks likely to become a long-running war of attrition. It will therefore have an accumulating, and increasingly drastic, impact on Africa unless it can be brought to swift end.

But can African countries influence that? And do they want to?

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