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A general view of the destruction at Umdloti beach North of Durban, South Africa, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Declaring a national state of disaster, South Africa has allocated $67 million to help those ...

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China has made the transfer of smart city technology one of the dimensions of its security diplomacy towards Africa. How concerned should Washington be about this development? As China seeks to expand ...