This article assess whether shifts in the African security landscape will influence the situation in Western Sahara by maintaining the status quo or revitalising the efforts to resolve or exacerbate the existing tensions.
The recent peace mission to Ukraine and Russia, led by African Heads of State may herald the emergence of a shift in the continent’s strategy as Africa takes a more proactive role
A new wave of high-level visits to Africa shows the complicated strategic choices that the continent needs to make.
Africa finds itself being courted again by many ardent suitors from the West and the East and in between. It is all rather reminiscent of the Cold War.
As Africa prepares for the inevitable political and economic fallout of the war in Ukraine, it may be an opportune time for some African countries to formulate new political and economic policies that may benefit from a shift in global markets.
Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers.
From a general perspective it can be said that every actor in the Sahel is walking on a tight rope trying to achieve limited objectives, without remaining stuck in the many complexities of the local political milieu.