Global powers court Africa as alliances shift in newly-multipolar world

Presidents and ministers from global powers have been crisscrossing Africa over the past few weeks - we get some analysis on the geopolitical chess game taking place on the continent from Eric Olander, Editor-in-Chief of The China-Global South Project. In Senegal, a recent election saw Macky Sall lose control of parliament, but a recent defection of an independent MP to the presidential coalition has dramatically changed the picture. In Cameroon, a skin-whitening drink product has been removed from the market following a report broadcast on France 24.