Members of the SANDF during an exercise demonstration at the SA Army Combat Training Centre in the Northern Cape, 9 November 2021. Picture: Jacques Nelles
We all, by now anyway, should be only too aware of the impacts on the world of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fuel prices have gone through the roof, as have those for food. As seasoned African military expert Eeben Barlow writes on our pages today, the first – and most notable – impact of the conflict on Africa will be the fact that armies on the continent which rely on Russian, Ukrainian and former
As in all arms deals worldwide, the big players are not averse to bribing their way to contracts – and many are the times when African armies have bought wholly inappropriate weapons.
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