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Why Russian sanctions should spare Africa

Service members of pro-Russian troops drive an armoured vehicle during Ukraine-Russia conflict on a road outside the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 10, 2022. [Reuters, Alexander Ermochenko]

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the world economic systems reacted and wiped out nearly $1 trillion off the value of the global stock market accelerating a drop in the major indexes

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