Humanitarian Actions in Ukraine Should Be Without Discrimination to Africans - Martins Acha

The invasion of the Russians into Ukraine now generally known as the Russian Ukraine war no doubt has got the whole world thinking if there is about to be another World war. While images of bomb blast of the war torn country have drawn sympathy and in many cases empathy as we have seen killings of civilians many of which are women and children, it is hard to not ask that the war stops.

According to Martins Acha, the Co-Founder of M&E Acha Foundation, there have been calls for European neighbors and the United States to accept more Ukrainian refugees. Amongst those trapped are people from other countries including those from Africa. Soon after the Russians began invading Ukraine, we saw an out flock of people immediately migrating through the borders but there was evidence of ill treatment of Africans
Mr Martins Acha who has been an advocate of equal and fair treatment for all without recourse to race, stated that despite many outcries for the Ukrainian authorities to investigate this, Africans were stuck at the border for several days and were made to face the unfavorable conditions of the weather, living without food and water. Africans only wanted to have the opportunity to flee Ukraine like every other white Ukrainian who were given better treatment at the borders as the bombs landing in the country does not know who is a Ukrainian or non-Ukrainian. This is a humanitarian issue. Nobody other than women, children and people with disability should be given special treatment. It is HUMAN first.

Ukrainians are being prioritized to leave the country through the Polish border and the Europeans are prioritized next to that, leaving the Africans and other nationals at the bottom of the least. There are well over 15,000 Africans who are studying in Ukraine before the Russian invasion, and thousands more live there as immigrants. These are not just numbers, there are humans behind these numbers.
News coverage on the ill-treatment of Africans in the war-torn region has been poor and this could be because there are more coverage on the war itself as the war is not about race.

Understandably, the war is not about race and there have been few news reports from CNN, NBC News, Premium Times and a few other media outfit, however, this is not enough as the situation still remains the same when you ask the Africans affected by this marginalization. There are safety issues within the Ukrainian cities that the government intend to deal with, however, there may be a bigger safety problem at the border if not addressed, perhaps could lead to an even more concerning number of deaths as we have seen Russian missiles go closer to the border and also hit a train full of people fleeing Ukraine. These are dangerous times and no nationals should be last in the evacuation process.

Martins Acha is social critic, pubic affair analyst and an advocate of equal and fair treatment for all.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/humanitarian-actions-in-ukraine-should-be-without-discrimination-to-africans-martins-acha/

I concur...

White are racist

Black are tribalist

Blacks need to treat themselves better first.
Blacks do not even like themselves.
How do you want others to love us?
With all the resources within our disposals, why are we suffering?
A kid just got burnt in the Northern states because of an imported religion.
It's very sad.

US giving $40bn to Ukraine while other wars such as those in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Mali, Central African Republic etc. should tell you that these American/European governments no send Africa.

issokay

This war is an eye opener for Africa.
We need leaders not looters

Racism?

It's everywhere and even more in Nigeria called tribalism.

sad.

It bleed my heart when I see a blackman making enemies and breaking his head over Russian-Ukrainian war

mach7:
US giving $40bn to Ukraine while other wars such as those in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Mali, Central African Republic etc. should tell you that these American/European governments no send Africa.

African send Africa? With all Bill gates is doing you have bunch of Africans hating on him...Let Africa send Africa first.

oluwaseyi0:
White are racist

Black are tribalist

Two sides of the same bad coin

Kojosese:
I agree!

I don't understand why racism ceases to exist

I hate when people discriminate between black & white

Why can't we all be one in unity

I feel you bro, but unfortunately, the whites don’t see it that way. The so called number one defender of DEMOCRACY is even more guilty of this against its own citizens. The oyinbo ass lickers on nairaland and everywhere also like it that way …. Judging by their passivity of anything oyinbo- supporting everything the whites support and opposing anything they oppose , even if it’s at their(Africans) own detriment .Africa will be a dominant force one day whether by current or latter generations.

kolnel:
Blacks need to treat themselves better first.
Blacks do not even like themselves.
How do you want others to love us?
With all the resources within our disposals, why are we suffering?
A kid just got burnt in the Northern states because of an imported religion.
It's very sad.

I perceive that you are a prophet of the African gods sir.
Stay blessed.

mach7:
US giving $40bn to Ukraine while other wars such as those in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Mali, Central African Republic etc. should tell you that these American/European governments no send Africa.

And why should they send us?
Did we send them when they were suffering
We better get our own act together and face front.

seunny4lif:
This war is an eye opener for Africa.
We need leaders not looters

So how much work have you done, and are you doing to have the leaders instead of looters in your local, state and federal governments in the legislative and executive arms
Or who are you expecting to do that work for you to get what you need?

Has Buhari given us our covid19 palliatives?Is it not audio distribution we have been hearing?
We should face our own problems.

Ukraine, Russia, USA Any white country are racist! It's nothing new under the sun! Asians are the worse! I just don't understand how a man's skin color is another man's problem! If you've ever travelled to Asia or you have someone who lived in Asia for even a month you'll know that The Chinese, Japanese and South Koreans are the leader of racism!

Una get brain

Only one man we know, Vladimir Putin!!!

007Marvel:
Ukraine, Russia, USA Any white country are racist! It's nothing new under the sun! Asians are the worse! I just don't understand how a man's skin color is another man's problem! If you've ever travelled to Asia or you have someone who lived in Asia for even a month you'll know that The Chinese, Japanese and South Koreans are the leader of racism!

why is it Africans complain about racism the most?
you don't hear other race(s) rant about it like you people do.

why?

kolnel:
Blacks need to treat themselves better first.
Blacks do not even like themselves.
How do you want others to love us?
With all the resources within our disposals, why are we suffering?
A kid just got burnt in the Northern states because of an imported religion.
It's very sad.

Spot on...

Tribalism is WORSE than racism. Racism is understandable coz if you are Chinese and I'm African, the different is as clear as oil and water but black against fellow black? The Ife and Modakeke massacre of two neighbouring Yoruba communities during Obasanjo's tenure is a case in point. How about the Igbo Aguleri and Umuleri communities who butchered themselves like chickens? Neighbors who speak the same language oooo!

Look @ almost every trending topic on NL and its almost impossible ten replies without a tribal/ethnic remark. Our govt nko?

I think its crass hypocrisy for an African to have a say on racism across borders when their home front boils with ethnic/tribal shenanigans!!!

kolnel:
Blacks need to treat themselves better first.
Blacks do not even like themselves.
How do you want others to love us?
With all the resources within our disposals, why are we suffering?
A kid just got burnt in the Northern states because of an imported religion.
It's very sad.

Don't conflate issues. Racism has no acceptable excuse. It is simply hate. Slavery has no acceptable excuse.

mccloud224:


Spot on...

Tribalism is WORSE than racism. Racism is understandable coz if you are Chinese and I'm African, the different is as clear as oil and water but black against fellow black? The Ife and Modakeke massacre of two neighbouring Yoruba communities during Obasanjo's tenure is a case in point. How about the Igbo Aguleri and Umuleri communities who butchered themselves like chickens? Neighbors who speak the same language oooo!

Look @ almost every trending topic on NL and its almost impossible ten replies without a tribal/ethnic remark. Our govt nko?

I think its crass hypocrisy for an African to have a say on racism across borders when their home front boils with ethnic/tribal shenanigans!!!

You clearly have not experienced racism. The victims of Racism cannot hide from it. Tribalism has nothing to do with skin color.

MYMINDER:



You clearly have not experienced racism. The victims of Racism cannot hide from it. Tribalism has nothing to do with skin color.

The average Asian (Chinese in this case) is accorded more respect,decorum and of course less racial slurs in the western world than it was 30 years. Why? They fixed their home front!!!

Do you really think Chinese citizens trapped in Ukraine would be treated shabbily like the Africans? Get real and fix your home front.

Tribalism is one of the reasons why Nigeria remains the mess it is today.

What are they still doing in Ukraine?
They should go back to there country,

If they don't accept you, go home.

Many of them don't have papers, they should go back to there country.