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The Iran War Exposed Africa’s Biggest Energy Weakness

A worker looks at a floating photovoltaic solar installation in Morocco on Aug. 7, 2025. —Abdel Majid Bziouat—AFP via Getty ImagesWhen protests over fuel prices erupted in Kenya this May, the cause lay thousands of miles away. The war between Iran, Israel, and the United States has exposed a reality that African countries know well: energy security is increasingly shaped by events beyond their borders.The Iran War revealed how deeply many African energy systems remain dependent on geopolitical stability elsewhere. Governments should use this crisis to accelerate structural reforms and diversif...