KWAME AMUAH | Nuclear war: Africa's vulnerability and need for collective action
As a founding member of Brics, South Africa should leverage its position to raise awareness about nuclear threats
28 September 2024 - 09:05
Africa, despite being a nuclear-free zone, is alarmingly susceptible to the devastating consequences of nuclear war. The continent's defencelessness against nuclear threats is worsened by the lack of anti-nuclear defence systems, making it highly vulnerable to catastrophic damage. A limited exchange of 100 nuclear bombs would cause millions of deaths in targeted areas, and the resulting fires could lead to a nuclear winter that would block out the sun and potentially cause human extinction...
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