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India is looking to Africa to secure critical minerals. Zambia's copper and DR Congo's copper and cobalt could become increasingly important to India's EV, energy and manufacturing ambitions.
Africa is becoming increasingly important to India's trade, critical-mineral security and global strategy. Here's why copper, technology, markets and geopolitics are reshaping India-Africa relations.
For much of the world, Al-Qaeda is still associated with Afghanistan, Pakistan and the attacks of September 11, 2001. But the geography of the organisation has changed. Today, one of the most consequential centres of Al-Qaeda-linked militant activity lies thousands of kilometres away in Africa's Sahel ,the vast belt of semi-arid territory running south of the Sahara. Across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, armed groups aligned with Al-Qaeda have expanded their presence, exploite
