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August 14, 2023

How Israel Can Counter Iran in Africa

Careful diplomacy in a volatile area of global competition.

The recent coup in Niger, and the prospect of a Russian intervention in the country along the lines of that in neighboring Mali, make clear that Africa is an important arena of global competition. So too does a recent visit by the Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi to Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. For precisely these reasons, Israel’s cultivation of diplomatic ties on the continent is critical, as Irit Tratt explains:

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