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Op-Ed by Mehmet Ozkan: Why Turkey is making friends in West Africa

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As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently visited Sudan to push for more Arab nations to normalise ties with Israel after the UAE deal, aiming to create a new geopolitical configuration in the broader Middle East, Turkey is working towards a new alliance in West Africa that promises to extend its strategic rivalry with France, writes Mehmet Ozkan.

Read the full article at Africa Briefing.

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