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Ukrainian counteroffensive; the coup in Niger; American’s recession mystery; the wonders of quantum computing

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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The Rise of the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in Africa

Global terrorism deaths have gone from about 1% in 2007, now it's up to 43%. So you have the Islamic State or ISIS or remnants of it destabilizing these countries which is then causing these governments to get weak and fragile. The future of the war in Ukraine goes through the Sahel region so that's why also it's so important for Western forces who would like to contain the Chinese and Russian agenda in Africa.

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