Russia and the West prescribe a ban on the loyalty of African countries
In the last days of July, dignitaries from Russia. Mistakes on visits to Africa tells Associated Press Agency.
“It looks like a new cold war is being played out. Rivals are turning again to gain influence on the continent,” said William Gumede, director of the Democracy Works Foundation in South Africa.
Yesterday, July 27, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delayed his working visit to Africa. He visited Egypt, Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia. During the trip, Lavrov blames the food crisis on Western countries that have imposed sanctions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By the time Lavrov arrived in the newspapers of all four countries there was his advertisement columnwhich speaks of “bonds of friendship and cooperation” with Africans.
“Our country, which has not stained itself with bloody cases of colonialism, has always sincerely supported Africans in the struggle for liberation from colonial oppression,” writes Lavrov.
Also this week, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Africa. He visited Benin, Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau. During his address, the head of justice announced that the Kremlin was blackmailing the world by preventing exports from Ukraine.
Samantha Power, the head of the US Agency for External Development, spoke about the same significance in Kenya. She is also obliged to help the region in the fight against hunger against the backdrop of many years of drought. In a few days, her compatriot, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield will fly to Africa. She goes to Ghana and Uganda.
- Russia has been trying for many years to revive the African friendly relations that it had established with the USSR. Russia is developing energy projects on the continent and is also its arms supplier. For Russian delivery had to 44% of profits sent to the continent in 2017-2021.
- In March 2022, a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine was supported by 28 African states, while another 25 abstained or did not vote.
- East Africa’s Interstate Development Authority estimates that more than 50 million people in East Africa in 2022 face with severe food shortages.