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Spotlight | Africa, Belarus
Minsk gets by with help from African clients as relations with Europe deteriorate

Belarus is faced with increasingly severe European and US sanctions for dumping migrants on Poland's borders, but is able to defy the EU because it has Russia's active support and because of its numerous arms and agricultural machinery contracts in Africa. [...]

Published on 25/11/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
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Spotlight | Africa, Belarus
Minsk gets by with help from African clients as relations with Europe deteriorate

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Moscow prepares its return to Khartoum, following in Egypt's tracks

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