Africa is not a nuclear power. It does not sit at the UN Security Council’s high table. It holds no deterrent warheads and fields no intercontinental ballistic missiles. Yet, in the event of a nuclear war between global powers, Africa would not be spared.
Africa’s greatest risk in the event of a nuclear crisis is not being struck but being swept aside. Africa’s vulnerability in a nuclear crisis does not stem from participation in global rivalries but from exclusion.
