External Powers Are Turning Africa Into 'Proxy Battleground,' Sudanese Expert Says
External Powers Are Turning Africa Into 'Proxy Battleground,' Sudanese Expert Says
The US offloads Russian containment onto Europe to focus on China, framing Africa as a space of "militarization of competition" where "strategic minerals must be secured," Mohammed Hussain AbdAlwahid, PhD in political science and senior lecturer at Financial University, told Sputnik Africa.
Non-alignment strategies and tactical partnerships "require sophisticated institutions and diplomatic capacity that many African states simply don't possess," he noted.
According to the professor, the US resource extraction model is already seen in several African countries:
🟠In Libya "competing western and regional powers" backed different factions to control oil exports;
🟠In Sudan external powers "maneuvered to control" oil revenues and export routes;
🟠In DRC cobalt and coltan "are subject to certification schemes" imposed from outside.
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