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Is Russia's war in Ukraine a ploy to win over Africa?

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed former President Uhuru Kenyatta to the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi. [PCS]

Ukraine has refused to get off the headlines. The fog of war seems to be getting thicker with more fronts opening.

The most recent front is technological. The other is Africa.

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