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Space intelligence: US and China look to leverage Russia's setbacks

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Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang and Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat, in Egypt, on 25 June 2023.
Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang and Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat, in Egypt, on 25 June 2023. © Wang Dongzhen/Xinhua via AFP

The problems encountered by Moscow in its space observation programmes are having a direct impact on its partnerships with African countries. The main beneficiary is Beijing, but Washington is trying to get back in the game too.

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Mostafa Terrab, CEO of the OCP Group, in Rabat on 30 October 2024.
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The Central African Republic president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, at the UN headquarters in New York, on 24 September 2025.
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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Cairo in January 2019.
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