Chris Van Hollen actually said...

a lot of people's immediate food insecurity on the African continent and in the Middle East and elsewhere is a direct result of Putin's war ...

I think African countries are recognizing the problems that come with that in terms of debt traps and all the conditions that apply.

Twenty million dollars is not a lot of money when you are talking about connectivity for the African continent.

In the 21st century, geopolitical power increasingly rests on geo-economic foundations.