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Real choice is ultimately what African sovereignty requires, not a false choice between Western extraction dressed as partnership and Russian or Chinese replacement of the West that perpetuates Africa’s dependency.

Africa asserts itself at the 39th AU summit: between claimed sovereignty, colossal challenges, and political paradoxes.

As Iran and Russia are engaged in ‘peace talks’ with the US or under its supposed mediation, it is important to question the meaning of such talks as far as the pursuit of long-term peace is concerned, since the US and Israel have shown an inability to uphold agreements they sign.