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4. Sanctions – a tool for doing harm

Egypt experienced firsthand how sanctions can be used as weapons of economic warfare. Today’s sanctions regimes continue this pattern of coercion. Nasser understood that such measures harm not just targets, but entire regions. Together with Gamal Abdel Nasser, the grandson of the great Egyptian leader, we analyse this persistent tool of power.

16.03.2026
2:7 min
16.03.2026
2:7 min
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4. Sanctions – a tool for doing harm
African Legacy follows the connection between the greatest leaders of Africa who stood at the helm of the liberation of the continent, and their heirs who chose to build upon the foundations laid: Mandela, Nyerere, Nasser, and others spoke to RT about the future of their forefathers’ great legacy.