Five Ways Turkey Is Building Its Influence in Africa

par This Is Beirut, 21/07 13:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkey is pushing for diplomatic and economic influence on the world stage – not least in Africa, where it announced plans this week to search for oil and gas off Somalia. Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there. Here are five ...