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Sudan has also tilted closer to Moscow in recent months. The country, where a military coup last year derailed a fragile transition to democratic rule, has concluded a big deal offering Russia a port on Africa’s eastern coast for 25 years. Eritrea – the only nation on the continent to vote against the UN motion– is a brutally repressive authoritarian state which Moscow has also wooed. Other Russian ties across the continent are strengthened through investment in mining, financial loans and the sale of agricultural equipment or nuclear technology. Rosatom, the Russian state corporation involved with military and civil use of nuclear energy, has sought to expand in Africa in recent years. Russia was the largest arms exporter to sub-Saharan Africa in 2016–20, supplying almost a third of total sub-Saharan arms imports, up from a quarter in 2011–15, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Western officials have been particularly disappointed by Uganda, which has received huge sums of western aid. A once close relationship with the US and the UK has soured over the crushing of political dissent and western pressure to recognise LGBT rights. Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, has accused the west of interfering in domestic affairs. Museveni’s influential son and aspirant successor, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said on Twitter that “the majority of mankind (that are non-white) support Russia’s stand in Ukraine”. Uganda’s UN representative said Uganda abstained from the vote on the UN resolution to protect its neutrality as the next chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, a cold war-era group of 120 member states that includes almost every African nation. However Museveni has made little effort to hide his sympathies, criticising the west’s “aggression against Africa” and describing Russia as the “centre of gravity” for the Balkans, like China in south-east Asia. Nicholas Sengoba, a columnist with Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper, said that many authoritarian African leaders like Museveni were pleased to see Putin “stand up to the big boys in the west.” Analysts say that more recent examples of what is seen as western ‘neo-imperialism” also influences the reaction of many in Africa to the conflict. “The 2011 Libyan crisis and the Nato intervention there, instability in the Sahel and other experiences mean that many countries buy into the wariness of western dominance and believe that we need a global counterpoint … Russia is seen as representative of the former Soviet Union in this regard,” said Singh. Reports that some African students have faced discrimination from security officials and others in Ukraine as they attempt to flee the conflict, magnified by social media, have also prompted anger in Nigeria and elsewhere. But it is unclear how far the positions taken by often elderly leaders reflects broader sentiments, especially among younger populations. The war in Ukraine has laid bare political, social and other divides within countries, as well as among them. In South Africa, the populist leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters praised Moscow’s action to “avert … a patent and clear security threat to Russian territory and people by Nato forces, and particularly the US”, while the centre right Democratic Alliance projected the colours of the Ukrainian flag on to the provincial parliament in Cape Town, a city it runs, and said it joined “the global condemnation of Russia’s attack on Ukrainian civilians, mostly women and children.” The anti-western and anti-Nato stance of some on the continent risks overshadowing the early stance against the invasion of Ukraine taken by the African Union, and the speech made by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN, Martin Kimani, who argued that as Africans had suffered imperialist violence themselves for centuries they should not condone efforts to alter or impose frontiers by force. “It’s important to note that a majority of African nations voted in favour [of the UN resolution] and that regional and continental bodies such as the African Union or the ECOWAS [a West Africa grouping] were quite quick to condemn Moscow,” said Bax. One recent study found that the 27 African countries that voted for the UN resolution were mostly democracies and all western allies, often actively involved in joint military operations. Most of those that abstained or, like Eritrea, voted against the resolution, were authoritarian or hybrid regimes. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/cold-war-echoes-african-leaders-resist-criticising-putins-war-ukraine |
Cold war echoes as African leaders resist criticising Putin’s war Many remember Moscow’s support for liberation from colonial rule, and a strong anti-imperialist feeling remains Twelve hours after its forces attacked Ukraine last month, Russian government officials and senior soldiers in South Africa gathered at a comfortable residence in the city of Pretoria for a cocktail reception to celebrate Russian Motherland Defenders’ Day. The host was the Russian ambassador, Ilya Rogachev, and his guests included the South African minister of defence as well as the head of the country’s armed forces. Neither saw any reason to shun the gathering as many other nations’ officials did, nor to apologise afterwards. Attendance was “integral to the fulfilment of defence international affairs”, a government spokesperson said. Support from many African leaders and governments for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine – or at least reluctance to condemn it – has dismayed western officials. At the UN general assembly resolution 17 African nations abstained – almost half all abstentions – and one voted against condemning Russia for its ‘aggression’ and demanding a withdrawal from Ukraine, though a majority of African countries gave it their backing. The resolution passed by 141 to 5. Some observers have raised the possibility of a new strategic split across Africa, similar to that during the cold war. “It harks back to cold war days and the divisions we saw then. But … the objective reality of the international system is so different now this raises a lot of questions about some African countries’ commitment to the post-cold war order and its values,” said Priyal Singh, researcher at Institute for Strategic Studies in Pretoria. Since the ambassador’s party, the ruling African National Congress party in South Africa has doubled down on its refusal to criticise Russia, saying it hopes to remain neutral and encourage dialogue. Some observers have raised the possibility of a new strategic split across Africa, similar to that during the cold war. “It harks back to cold war days and the divisions we saw then. But … the objective reality of the international system is so different now this raises a lot of questions about some African countries’ commitment to the post-cold war order and its values,” said Priyal Singh, researcher at Institute for Strategic Studies in Pretoria. Since the ambassador’s party, the ruling African National Congress party in South Africa has doubled down on its refusal to criticise Russia, saying it hopes to remain neutral and encourage dialogue. Others on the continent have followed a similar line, calling for peace but blaming Nato’s eastward expansion for the war, complaining of western “double standards” and resisting all calls to criticise Russia. That the new divide looks like the one which split Africa decades ago is no coincidence. Many countries across the continent are still ruled by parties that were supported by Moscow during their struggles for liberation from colonial or white supremacist rule, analysts say. Though few among their youthful populations experienced the bitter battles of the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s, leaders of ruling parties in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola and Mozambique remember how Soviet weapons, cash and advisers helped win freedom. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president of Zimbabwe, has described both Russia and China as “dependable pillars for many years” which “assisted us in our fight for independence, but equally … to defend our sovereignty against the sustained onslaught by our detractors,” a reference to western sanctions on Zimbabwe, imposed after human rights abuses under the regime of Robert Mugabe. Mozambique also abstained at the UN, arguing like others that it hoped to encourage dialogue to resolve the violence. So too did Algeria, once seen as a “revolutionary” state close to Moscow. In recent years Russia has moved to exploit such historic links, underlining ties in public statements, at big conferences and on repeated trips across Africa by foreign minster Sergei Lavrov. Moscow has also pushed its agenda through covert social media networks which portray Moscow as on the side of Africans against western “imperialists”. Such efforts have focused on unstable parts of Africa, which Moscow sees as a fertile ground for intervention, and have reaped significant rewards in places like Central African Republic and Mali, where resentment of former colonial power France already ran deep. “In the Sahel there is a strong anti-western feeling, an anti-imperialist tendency in public opinion and anti-imperialist means anti-US and the west,” said Pauline Bax, deputy director of the Africa Programme at the International Crisis Group. Mali has recently renewed ties with Moscow after a military takeover there, and the country’s new rulers have called in paramilitary mercenaries linked to the Kremlin to fight Islamic insurgents as French and other western troops withdraw. The Wagner group is run by a businessman who is a close associate of President Putin and is now thought to be present in at least six African countries, including the CAR and Sudan which both abstained at the UN. Boris Johnson announced sanctions against Wagner on Thursday. |
farouk2much:The Jews are the Masters in Europe from the elites to the royal families. |
obiekunie01:Ask Britain and its allies.We can beg Emperor Putin to help us divide Nigeria. |
OfoIgbo:Mumu but Igbos will vote another fulani in 2023 to continue chopping nyanmirins hands. |
Pakute:Dont mind them.Make Russia do quick for Ukraine come help us divide Nigeria make nyanmrins and Fulani leave our country. |
The Somalia Battalion of the Donetsk People's Republic has raised its flag over the Kalmius district local authority building in Mariupol, as seen in footage filmed on Sunday, March 27. The city has seen some of the fiercest fighting since the conflict began more than a month ago, with fighting occurring the Kalmius district, Mariupol's northernmost district, recently. Hope to see Nigerian battalion too.
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DaInferno:Wait fir the second coming of your Yaradua till Jesus comes. |
Odin13:Igbo promote your Peter Pandora.No get heart attack or die on top Yoruba matter.We dont need to be judged by Igbo’s moral compass.Do your own,I do my own,the sky is wide enough for all birds to fly without colliding with each other. |
On Tuesday, Africa's richest person, Aliko Dangote, opened in Nigeria the continent's largest fertilizer plant. Demand is already knocking at the door. "People are begging us to sell," Dangote told CNN on Tuesday. Sitting on 500 hectares (1,235 acres) of land on the outskirts of Lagos, the $2.5 billion fertilizer plant has an initial annual production capacity of 3 million metric tons of urea fertilizer, according to information on the Dangote Group's website. The opening of the Dangote Fertiliser Plant came amid a supply crunch in crop fertilizers due to sanctions against Russia, which accounted for almost one-fifth of fertilizer exports in 2021, according to Trade Data Monitor and Bloomberg's Green Markets. Russia is also a top exporter in key fertilizer ingredients such as urea, ammonia, and potash, according to the trade outlet Argus Media. The supply strain has sent fertilizer prices soaring, with Bloomberg's Green Markets North America Fertilizer Price Index surging to record highs. This, in turn, is expected to feed into already soaring food prices. "We are lucky to have this plant," Dangote told CNN. "It is coming at the right time with the Ukraine-Russia conflict as both Ukraine and Russia control substantial amounts of agricultural inputs." Dangote's fertilizer plant is already shipping to the US, Brazil, and India, CNN reported, citing the billionaire. Dangote, 64, is the 80th-richest person, with a net worth of $20 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Dangote Group, which he founded, is the second-largest employer in Nigeria after the government, the country's Vanguard News outlet reported recently, citing the Nigerian president. The Dangote Fertiliser Plant is expected to create 5,000 direct and indirect jobs, Vanguard News reported, citing a government official. Amid the war in Ukraine, resource-rich African economies are tipped to benefit from sweeping sanctions against Russia, the third-largest oil producer. "As the European Union and the United States impose sanctions to deny Russia access to European oil and gas markets, oil-producing African countries could seize on the opportunity," Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, the director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote in a recent note. Oil companies may also expand prospecting operations on the continent, he added. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/africa-richest-man-opens-fertilizer-plant-ukraine-war-disruption-begging-2022-3%3famp
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RacistProudIgbo:Werey how many nyanmrin skulls did fashola mine as govenor?The ritual epidemic in South west increase due to nyanmrin migration to the west because na una dey eat human meat like your brother Clifford Orji under bridge. |
DonroxyII:Thumbs up.Good submission.Our style of parenting in Nigeria had only created monsters and demons and we now wonder why the society and the leaders lack empathy for others.The root cause is inflicting pains and violence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWXDTJQpwWg Made this video sometime ago. |
Waiting for Naira-Ruble deals. |
cutecommend:None of them matter,they are gate keepers for the real rulers.The annointed rulers of Nigeria are the US and NATO.Only them choose the suited Nigerian vassal leader. |
babajeje123:Did you find out if she was being bullied/abused at school or find out the reason for always running or rolling on the floor everyday at the school? Canning only makes children internalize pains and sufferings,you are already breaking the bond between you and your child.Sometimes we overlook children’s reaction till the problem turns into a different dimension You will wonder where the disciplined children of yesterday became cultists who dont have human feelings anymore.Pain and violence is part of the Nigerian discipline system.Violence only breeds contempt,Stockholm Syndrome and Narcissicism. We are not on the slave plantation where white masters flog slaves.Our children are not slaves to be beaten/maimed but our precious mini me to be guided with love,attention and utmost care. |
KanwuliaBaby:Dont they have legal aid council in the US providimg legal services to low income families?Every country has this even Nigeria.
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KanwuliaExtra:That was unfair and unnecessary exposure to harm.Why dehumanise your own daughter? What if she developed pneumonia or got raped that is how she would have turned to a street girl. Parents raising their children fails to understand these children are peer pressured in schools and the environmemt they find themselves.All you needed to do was have a heart to heart talk with her not master/slave relationship most Nigerian parents have with their children.Africans parents only thrive in destroying their erring children not correct them in love and kindness. I will never treat my daughter like that. |
logicalman:Power is not given on a platter of gold.All the Southern tribes should come out to contest Edo,Urhobo,Itsekiri,Ijaw,Efik Ibibio,Yoruba,Igbo,Igala.The more the merrier. Let the strongest candidate or the last man standing win. |
ken6488:Sowore is Ijaw not Yoruba.He is from ijaw apoi in Ondo state. |
Tonim:God bless you too |
WhizdomXX:Pandora smiling like slowpoke,is he suffering from down syndrome. |
Rastaramsey:Endsars saga was PDP revolution. |
No matter what happens, never allow non Yorubas to tell Yorubas how to get rid of your leaders in Yorubaland. It is an ancient technique of internal colonialism and overthrow of indigenous power structure. No matter how bad it may seem, the indigenous people must change their own leaders and orchestrate their own revolution. The Fulanis told the Hausas that their Habe kings were corrupt. They joined the Fulanis to destroy their own kings and the Fulanis used that opportunity to take over Hausa civilization and leadership. The Fulanis told Afonja and some Yorubas in Ilorin that Alaafin was corrupt, they used that opportunity to use Afonja as stepping stone to seize Ilorin power structure. Arabs also used the same technique to seize power in Gibraltar and Iberian peninsula. Non Yorubas have no right to demand for revolution or leadership changes in Yorubaland. Go back to your ancestral space to ask for such. Let YORUBAS deal with their leaders themselves. NO APOLOGIES! Aare Kurunmi II https://www.facebook.com/100051648095577/posts/509041524160780/?d=n
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Stop embarrassing yourself. You still definitely live in shells with your European colleague. Just kept spilling rubbish. GoodnightForeign Legion Soldier Warns "It's a TRAP & You Will https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHy1Emxrfq4
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Leo10000:No be fellow men turn them to ashewos so una must wife ashewo wether una like it or not.You cant plant Spinach and expect to harvest Okra that is hypocrisy. Ashana men for ashewo women,virgin Men for virgin women. |
Escabado:If the girls are oloshos then the boys are ashana because it takes two to tango.The Olosho women are a reflection of the Randy,Hot,promiscuous men in the Nigerian society who lure women with money for sexual favours.Sometimes women are like children,you lure with sweets to do something for you. I think the govt needs to adopt Swedish Law where the randy men are arrested instead of the prostitutes. |
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