Russia’s footprints in Africa growing by each day
BRUSSELS. – The Russian Federation has over the past yew years gained a lot of traction in the Global South in general and Africa in particular, while the United States and its allies are fast losing grip by each day, that passes.
While Russia has concentrated in its business as a global partner, the US and its allies in the West, have maintained colonial mentality and used punitive sanctions to whip development nations into line, premising their power on big brother mentality..
Most, if not all, the sanctions imposed by US and its allies in the European Union (EU) to developing countries, Russia and China, are unjustified. It is a mere abuse of political power and military might.
The tactics by the US and its allies have backfired and yielded negative results as more and more new leaders developing countries seek to break away from colonial hegemony and chart new course for their people.
Russia under President Putin has brought to Africa a new business trajectory, non-corrupt, fair and anchored on win-win, situations.
Unless the US and its allies in the West, change their bully tactics and stop abusing their sanctions regime and sponsoring opposition parties in countries run by liberation movement, Russia will continue emerging stronger by each day.
President Putin, has with great tactic, showed Africa from Zimbabwe to little everywhere else, how he can help with humanitarian aide.
His aid has been grain, helicopters, vehicles, rice and many other things that have really transformed the lives of many and at times saved people from going hungry.
The Russia Africa Summit has so far been rated by African leaders as the best among a coterie of others such as the US-Africa Summit etc.
The Russia Africa Summit is the real deal.
The rest are talk shows, high sounding but signifying nothing.
At most they are one-way lectures from the US and It allies who still take leaders of these countries as mere colonial clerks.
Joseph Dmmy is a professor of politics and writes for the Belgian ThinkTank
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