A Somali girl walks down a road at sunset in an IDP camp near the town of Jowhar. (Source: Original public domain image from Flickr)
A Somali girl walks down a road at sunset in an IDP camp near the town of Jowhar. (Source: Original public domain image from Flickr)
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The Recolonization and International Rivalry for Africa

István VassBy

Africa–Europe relations have for years been marked by an imbalanced donor–recipient relationship, with African governments seeking access to EU trade and aid preferences, while European leaders have cultivated privileged ties with African elites and ignored the needs of the continent's younger generation. China's investments under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) grab global attention, but it's understood that the program is worsening Africa's already high debt burden. Meanwhile, many countries on the continent are genuinely wooing another spectacularly pushy nation, Russia, even though the Wagner Group's behaviour is reminiscent of the worst colonial memories in Africa. So starts the age of international rivalry for Africa.

In our analysis István Vass details the most significant international actors when it comes to rivalry for Africa and gives a brief outlook on how this new-fangled recolonization could play out.

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István Vass
István Vass is a Hungarian foreign policy journalist. Graduated in European and International Administration, he spent his traineeship at the Hungarian Permanent Representation in Brussels and then went on to work in various ministries inside the Hungarian public administration. His articles have been published in various online and print outlets in Hungary. In his writing he focuses on the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and the post-soviet region.

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