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Recommendation 19
19
The West is increasingly retreating from Africa as it reduces overseas development aid to increase...
Conclusion
The West is increasingly retreating from Africa as it reduces overseas development aid to increase domestic spending on defence. However, this withdrawal is enabling malign actors like Russia and China to fill the vacuum and increase their influence on political, economic and security affairs. (Conclusion, Paragraph 106)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 8 June 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗