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“Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa”

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

Macky Sall and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Dakar, January 28 2020. © Reuters

Deprived of his principal ally in Africa by the ousting of the Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been looking to the west of the continent to compensate for this loss of influence. Having [...] (640 words)

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