Biden visits Angola in final push to bolster U.S.-Africa ties;
Chad ends defense pact with France…;
…While Abuja and Paris strengthen economic ties;
Burkina Faso’s latest junta dissolves government;
Mali drone strikes target Tuareg leaders after rebels unite;
Xi visits Morocco, deepens economic ties
Kremlin worries over domestic unrest
Still more foreign fodder for Russia's war;
A delayed economic reckoning...;
...As Putin doubles down
Australia faces fresh extremist threats;
Morocco takes a stand on ties with Israel;
A fatwa against Hamas;
Libya tightens social control;
Baghdad aims to lower age of consent
Russian hackers target Europe...;
...And Japan;
Russia returns the favor;
An offensive against Ukrainian energy
What if Russia loses its war on Ukraine? Some consider the question frivolous because, as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan has asserted, “Russia cannot be defeated in a military sense.” Such thinking has prompted Tokayev, as well as many in the West, to advocate for a deal with Putin, one that would more than likely result in Kyiv’s loss of land that the United Nations, the United States, and Europe all consider Ukraine’s sovereign territory.