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Most African countries simply don’t want to get involved in US great powers rivalry with Russia and China.
Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst
Starting on December 13, the United States of America is hosting a three-day US-African partnership summit with leaders from across the African continent. The troubled Biden administration’s national security official John Kirby has been insisting in interviews with regional media that “the summit is not about ‘an us’ or them ultimatum” when it comes to Moscow’s and Beijing’s expanding influence in Africa. However, so far, precisely this was the message the US sent on the very first day of the summit. According to Al Jazeera, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told African leaders at the summit that “Russia risked destabilizing the continent with their rising involvement.” Speaking at the opening of the three-day US-Africa summit, Austin stated that “Russia is continuing to peddle cheap weapons and deploying mercenaries across the continent.”
The claims made by the US Defense Secretary are hypocritical at best. In late November, the Nigerian government warned that the weapons US and NATO are sending to the Kiev regime have started to appear in West Africa. According to the government in Abuja, illegal arms have begun to “filter” into the region. The urgent warning was issued by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari himself in an official statement posted on the website of the Nigerian presidential office. Buhari “urged more vigilance and tightening of security around borders”, drawing attention to the “increased number of arms, ammunition, and other weapons from the Russia and Ukraine war in the Lake Chad Basin.”
As for the accusation that Russia was deploying PMCs (private military companies), this too can only be described as hypocrisy, given the fact that the US and other Western mercenaries have been operating across Africa for decades. In addition, Russian PMCs (Austin was most likely referring to the “Wagner Group”) were officially invited by at least half a dozen African countries. These companies are helping various African governments in training their troops and are sometimes directly involved in fighting terrorists and other illegal armed groups, many of which are more often than not supported by the political West with the aim of destabilizing the said African countries.
The US also accused Russia of being the main culprit behind the looming global food crisis, which the Biden administration tried to (ab)use heavily during the summit which includes the participation of 49 African countries. Many of these are rightly concerned about being unable to afford enough food to feed their populations. However, the food crisis has been the result of US sanctions and anti-Russian policies which are preventing many of the aforementioned African countries from importing key Russian commodities such as food and fertilizers. This is driving up prices across the globe and is exacerbating the already existing food insecurity in many African countries.
On the other hand, most of the Ukrainian wheat and other food products that the political West insists are there to “feed the world” are ending up in rich Western countries which acquired approximately 30% of Ukrainian arable land and are exploiting it for their own gain. For months, the Western mainstream propaganda machine has been parroting about Africa-bound food shipments allegedly blocked in the Black Sea by Russia, while in reality, there was neither a blockade nor the food was ever destined to go to Africa. To make matters worse, after Russia signed the grain deal, the political West (ab)used the newly opened sea routes to send more weapons to the Kiev regime, many of which ended up in Africa, as previously mentioned.
However, most African countries simply decided to not get involved with US great powers rivalry, so the belligerent thalassocracy tried convincing them that it will be investing $55 billion in multiple African countries over the next three years. On the eve of the summit, December 12, US national security advisor Jake Sullivan said: “Working closely with Congress, the US will commit $55bn to Africa over the course of the next three years.”
Apart from the (unsuccessful) attempts to cause a rift between Africa and Russia, the US also tried denigrating China during the summit. Austin insisted that “China is expanding its footprint on a daily basis“. He told the African leaders about the growing economic influence of China, adding: “The troubling piece there is they’re not always transparent in terms of what they’re doing and that creates problems that will be eventually destabilizing, if they’re not already.” However, the African nations were not particularly concerned by these statements. This week’s summit is only the second such that the US has hosted in eight years, after the Obama administration initiated the first US-Africa summit in 2014. This just goes to show how much the US cares about Africa (and the Global South in general).
This stands in complete contrast to China’s continued commitment to its massive economic projects with countries across the Global South, including Africa. China-Africa Cooperation Forum, which is held regularly every three years since 2000, serves as a testament to that. There is also Beijing’s (and Moscow’s) continued support for liberation movements against the disastrous (neo)colonial rule of the political West, as well as the colossal scope of commercial and economic investment in the “New Silk Road” (or “Belt and Road”) project, making the Asian giant the continent’s largest trading partner. This goes both ways, as just last year the trade exchange between China and the continent exceeded $254 billion, which is four times the trade between the US and Africa.
Biden the Clown™ trying to claim his grandma was black. Epic fail!
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Actually, his puppeteer father (Obama) is and he is continuing to follow that epic failure. When POTATUS announced the meeting of African nations, it is important to note NONE were confirmed as attending, pictures of the attendees were less than any presidential campaign photos ever published, though none of them showed public distancing circles, and there is nothing but media speculation as to which African Countries actually attended. In the meanwhile, the POTATUS clown show must go on.
Its not even expected all will take the hept/coimpensation/bait.
We always read here its a 0% or 100%. The world is not like that Africa included.
Just because You dont like USA also dont say You love China or Rustica. So politics here is ggifts/help as neutralizer.
Ami go home!
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Yup that is the real jens.
The US builds China for huge short term profits on it’s products Clinton gives N.Korea a nuclear reactor they move huge numbers of Africans to Europe they arm Ukraine for 8 years while Russia builds it’s military they fund covid and kill their own with vaccines and never realize they are no longer who they think they are and even Africa knows there are better and more trustworthy partners.
The Africans were the safest,with the least amount of Jabs.
I wonder why. 😁
Great respect for our African partners, especially South Africa who do not bow before USSA threats.
South Africans don’t follow instructions well …
What a bunch of sociopaths. You would think the Pedophile and cheif with his administration of abject liars and killers would stay home and at least send faces no one hated to death. This was a massive act desperation, just; as the kick in the teeth from the Middle East and Opec +. The Washington beltway is in free fall and they will make a move on a new currency to try and hijack the coming of a non US currency from the BRICKS, SCO, ASEAN and other organizations organizing this. For example the huge summit between China and OPEC+ nations. However; the road will be rocky to the change over from US currency and you can from the coups in Pakistan, Brazil, Peru and the struggle with Serbia once again. The world sees this US administration, as the incarnate of evil.
USA had great opportunity to help develop and build Africa in last 70 years yet they chose Path of divide and rule and created proxy groups to sow conflict death and destruction Enabling them to LOOT Africa in BROAD DAYLIGHT examples are The Congo,Mail,central AFRICAN REPUBLIC ETC THEIR PROXIES ARE ISIS,BOKO HARAM ETC WELL THIS SUMMIT WAS BASICALLY INSULTING THE INTELLIGENCE OF AFRICA AND AFRICAN LEADERS MOST MONEY WILL BE RECYCLED BACK TO USA VIA SWISS BANK
Very well said.
The US abuser of African nations now wants to use Paedo fluffy handcuffs to enslave Africans.
Sod the USA.
Florian Geyer USA/Britain/France etc have already used coved virus as cover to control Africans via DNA vaccination further they have carefully IMPLANTED CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WITH SCHOOLS,CLINICS ETC TO CREATE AFRICAN LEADERS AND CONTROL THEM THESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ARE GROUND SPIES AND SILENT SOLDIERS WHO ARE SUBTLY DESTROYING AFRICA
US and UK have been planning to destroy Russia Ukraine EU and China,even EU because EU is competitor of US and UK trade.
I wonder what an Authentic African thinks watching a white washed house slave lecturing them about how Africa should conduct it’s relations with Russia and China …
They practically give the literal middle finger to that white washed house slave.
As an African I can tell you they can ALL go to hell. Whites, Asians, Arabs and their lackeys.
The Zionist-dominated United States will punish Africa by supporting rebel groups it usually opposes.
Lucifer These rebel groups are created by them and controlled by them
The Biden administration practically insulted Africans’ intelligence with that US 55 billions allocated to 49 countries while promising US 80 billions to Ukraine alone. In fact, it was the agency attempt i.e. House of Washington realizing they are losing the edge as their western vassals gradually lose Africa continent for its resource.
Actor Struan Roger plays the role well of a senile useless jackass. Global free mansonry is going to depopulate and starve the world and europe is going to disappear. Keep supporting your own demise.
Here’s a joke. A black man, a white man, a yellow man, and a brown man walk into a bar. The white, yellow and brown man spend then night insulting and taking the piss out of the black man. After sometime, naturally the white, brown and yellow men begin to fight with each other. Then they each turn to the black man and ask him to pick a side…the black man laughs in their faces. The end.
A joke with a lot of truth.
The US bribes no longer work because nobody wants their dollars. Perhaps the US should be bribing nations with gold, silver, or Bitcoin.
Still, it was good while it lasted, eh america? However, american’s will no longer enjoy the privilege that reserve currency brings because american leaders have been abusing that privilege for at least half a century. The dollar is now a weapon nobody wants. It has sat there in gov’t accounts across the world like a cuckoo.
The people of Africa only need hold out a little while as things are about to get better for them. The tyrants in the west think they own the place. The African gravy train, so enjoyed by western shysters, is now heading to Moscow and Beijing.
americunts are morons—their senile prez so demented they use Jens as a double and no change detected
USAID and Canada CIDA ‘aid’ has always come with the requirement of using the money to buy products made in their countries. and, like Ukraine, the money always goes to dictators, not to the poor people. even more money comes from IMF and World Bank loans, always creating ‘debt addicts’ with austerity programs. some of these countries might show signs of development, but you will find those companies bought by Saudi, etc. So how bad can China’s RBI be?
Wonderful decision, for African Nations
only morons trust imperialist uncivilized EU/anglos