Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn't pick sides

By Bhaso Ndzendze, Associate Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg

Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a structural transformation. At the heart of it is the challenge posed to the hegemony of the US. This is primarily being led by Russia and China which are discontented with Washington’s excesses across the global stage. The most recent example of this rebellion was the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Fiona Hill, a British-American foreign affairs specialist, observed that…

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