Blindspot #039 - Resource Wars (incoming): US African Command (AFRICOM) sets up shop in Zambia

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09/06/22

This week we continue, more or less, on in similar vein to the theme of military aid provided to the Ukraine, covered in Blindspot #038. Only in this case we take a look at the African continent. It is well known that the African continent often come in the cross-hairs of external powers, due to strategic natural resources.

While the world’s attention is focused on the Ukraine conflict, and particularly the global fall-out thereof in the form of historically high energy, food, and generalised inflation, it is necessary to look at the larger balance- and presence of foreign military forces in Africa. Blindspot predicts that in the not too distant future strategic access to African commodities and resources will become a strategic headache for African decision makers.