... dividend.” [
3
] Many African nations are already showing high growth rates. This trend will be heading up as their population grows and, consequently, as the number of consumers and the capacity of the domestic market build up. From these perspectives, Nigeria and Egypt, the leaders among African nations in terms of GDP, also demonstrating relatively high economic growth rates, are clear standouts. In the meantime, given the demographic indicators, Ethiopia, the second most populous nation on the continent, whose economic growth rates ...
... Angola in the case of China; and East African countries in the case of India. It would seem that the Russian leadership is being cautious in this respect and is looking into the possibility of forming two test groups: large African countries (Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa) and a group of unstable Sahel states (the Central African Republic and Sudan). Time will tell whether this approach can help Russia come up with an African strategy [
13
].
In the end, diversifying its foreign political and trade contacts is a ...
... zone.
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Dmitry Borisov:
The Dragon in Djibouti:
the Shifting Tides of China’s Strategy
Nigeria is China’s No. 1 engineering contract market, No. 2 export market, No. 3 trading partner, and major investment destination in Africa. Therefore, security threats to Chinese investments and nationals in Nigeria and other countries represent a wake-up call to China, and the maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea is also intrinsically China’s top priority in its foreign policy. China has been actively participating in international cooperation to ...
... Northeastern towns of Baga and Doron Baga.
Over the past 18 months, Boko Haram has intensified its offensive with the goal of controlling territories along Lake Chad shared by Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. This has turned the insurgency from a threat to Nigeria’s national security into a transnational one. On January 29, 2015, the
African Union approved
the deployment of a 7,500-strong multinational force to fight Boko Haram. Chad has taken the lead in running the military operation, having deployed 2,500 troops on the ground and having carried out several air strikes in recent ...
