The effects of the Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have been felt across the world. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter and economic sanctions are complicating purchase agreements, resulting in a rise in dramatic rise in wheat prices – a staple food in many countries. What’s less known is what impact the sanctions mean for Africa’s defence industry. Almost half of Africa’s imports of military equipment come from Russia. Moses B. Khanyile spells out the ways the punitive sanctions will affect arms sales to the continent – and some possible opportunities.
Within the last 12 years, Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed more than 200 times. This means the country is regularly thrown into blackout, resulting in huge economic and social costs. Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke explain why the grid collapses so often.
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