Africa Is With Russia
10 Oct, 2022 19:55
Ukraine sends ‘message’ to African countries
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba demands the continent’s leaders ditch their neutrality over the conflict in his country
Ukraine sends ‘message’ to African countries
FILE PHOTO: Leaders pose for a photo after attending the 35th session of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on February 5, 2022. © Getty Images / Minasse Wondimu Hailu; Anadolu Agency
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has called on Africa to back Kiev in an upcoming UN General Assembly vote to condemn last month’s referendums that resulted in four new regions joining Russia. The diplomat published his ‘Message to African Nations’ on the ministry’s website on Monday.
“Africa’s support is needed now more than ever,” Kuleba wrote, revealing he was cutting short a lobbying tour of African capitals to return home following Russian missile strikes on Kiev and other cities.
“African nations [must] stand by international law, territorial integrity, and peace,” not only by condemning the strikes on Kiev, Odessa, Dnepr, Kharkov, Rovno, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankovsk, but also by opposing with a UN vote Moscow’s “annexation” of the formerly Ukrainian territories, his message demanded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described Monday’s strikes as a response to Ukrainian “terrorism” against Russian energy infrastructure and the Crimean Bridge, among other sites. The missiles targeted “Ukrainian objects of energy and military control and communications,” damaging key infrastructure facilities.
Russian strikes a response to Ukrainian ‘terrorism’ — Putin
Kiev has thus far had a difficult time convincing African leaders of their shared struggle. Its declarations that Russia was holding the continent “hostage” and was somehow responsible for the sanctions placed on it by NATO nations, thus imperiling the global food supply, have largely fallen on deaf ears.
Only half of African nations backed a June UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and none have joined in the sanctions pile-on led by the US and Europe.
Instead, African Union chair Macky Sall has complained that anti-Russian sanctions have made it more difficult for the continent to pay for the fertilizer and grain it desperately needs, while Europe was able to carve out loopholes for itself.
The UN plans to vote this week on a resolution declaring the referendums and subsequent “annexation” of the four regions by Russia illegitimate. Russia has already asked for a secret ballot for the vote, citing heavy pressure from the West and Ukraine as factors that will likely affect the outcome.
“It may be very difficult [for dissenters] if positions are expressed publicly,” UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia wrote in a letter to the global body.
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Ukraine sends ‘message’ to African countries — RT World News
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Azad
Moral Law is the highest law above the laws imposed by UNSC, the NGO or even any functioning State
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Hapol
Bilad us Sudan and all her citizens should not be involved in this because they will try keeping decimate you and your country. Africa should be rescued from Europe. I feel like them Ukrainians are lost completely their minds. Especially for most them in office. Stay away from Africa.
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Gone
WTF?!
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Know All
Kuleba is speaking like a colonial master. Not surprising, that he belongs to Nazi brigade.
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Choon28
African nations just need to tell the terrorist regime of Ukraine to suck the African big shining dick or lick the African arse!!! Who the hell are you as an idiotic terror foreign minister Dmitry Kuleba from illegal puppet terror regime illegal installed by the evil US to abide to its demand.
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CensureIsEvil
Ukraine ? Really ? They mean zionist neocon USA.
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Kcin Nosredna
We Africans know the truth and have suffered the brutality of the West for centuries. The only advise I can give Zelensky is that he should stop the west from using him against his Russian brothers.
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Thogama Dhlakama
When a deal was reached for Ukrainian to export it's grain all grain was shipped to European countries and nothing to Africa. Now zelesky wants Africa support whilest keep Africans starving
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Vi Matthews
African countries leadershit are probably the least trustworthy of all. They sold themselves into slavery in the past and now they will sell themselves into slavery again, for 10 Rubles or Yuan.
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TK-421
Ukraine keep making demands all over the world. It's a pathetic joke. The zionist khazarian jew zelensky doesn't care about Ukrainians either. They only care about hiding the vast evils being perpetrated on the world from Ukraine.
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Lolaus
You blackheads, this is your new fair-haired colonialist. The request is not a request. It is an order. Capish?
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K.A.T.
Lolaus, Which is why an African nation needs nukes...to keep the peace of the continent...Asia has them, Europe has them...S. America needs them as well as Africa
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Zomby 369
Africa is already in The Side of russia... Too late for you Elendsky 😝
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Mike Geogie
Dark Skin Continent will never be part of your fake self-made prelude European war PART 3, after you warmongers of western nations destroyed yourself in European war part 1 and 2 that you always lie as WORLD WAR. All dark skin people are with RUSSIA, this (GREAT SATAN-EVIL WESTERN WORLD) according to IRAN must be defeated at all cost
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Sanity-Prevails
African are no longer slaves! They can now think for themselves! And they certainly won't budged under pressure. Ukraine created the mess, only ukraine can solved it!
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JacquesDeLamoya
Ukraine sends female Poledancers to African countries/..... To bleach the continent...... God with that asylants traffic nowadays they go to create hybrids like the Spaniards created the Latinos....
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AllLIE
Africa leaders all got brain in their head ,not in their bum. they know who is wrong and who is right.
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yestems
Just promise him a coffin dance after Neolinsky is gone!
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KingX
He must go to Sarangeti natural reserve
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Tichr
African leaders must just abstain from voting...simple
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D_truth
Tichr, What happens if African leaders vote for what is in their minds? Hmm
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Guled
We are with Putin we are with multipolars
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Guled
Any African country who support Ukraine war of chose will go in history book remembering colonization and 30 years of wars
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Dastayofski62
African leaders are not like European leader poppet of US policy making,so Ukraine Nazi president can try what ever he likes,there will be no positive respond.
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Graham Mcneil
Dastayofski62, Africans know white man speak with forked tongue.
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QuaintBrittain
Africa sends message to Ukraine. Go suck out your mother.
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Tawanda Chatikobo
This Ukraine fool isn't ashamed huh? Demanding that Africa sides with murderous Ukraine? Africans have went through hell at the hands of West EU & US! Only a retarded imbecile would side with evil West EU & US! Russia is on the right side of history with Africa, having aided Africa to gain independence & continually assisting Africa in self development & determination as well as fighting hunger & starvation in Africa! What does the West EU & US do instead? Impose sanctions on African countries that refuse to cede to their insane tenets! THE WEST EU & US CAN GO HANG, AFRICA CAN NEVER SIDE WITH UKRAINE ITS LIKE URINATING IN THE FACE OF OUR ANCESTORS!!!
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TheOther
Tawanda Chatikobo, Absolutely right.
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Guled
We African do not want to deal puppet officials who destroying their own country to get few $
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Terry Tavita
can't see africans supporting ukro nazis..
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bih55
Vote for us and you'll get all the grain
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Who-Benefits
So Africa, you wont get any grains from Zelensky!
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itchyvet
Who-Benefits, That's O.K. here in Australia we've got heaps of the stuff, dunno what to do with it all. Farmers are complaining of the pitiful prices they are getting for all their hard work. Last years harvest has still not been cleared from silos, and this years is already trickling in. Very little space to accomadate it all.
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KetchStrait1
It was both Tusi's and Hutu's as both hacked each other, and weapons fired killed both. Tusi had well armed invading forces against the Hutu nationally dominated forces the exchange of fire was horrific, and the communities who live together turned against each other,
hate caused each to harm the other. Which hate had its roots in the colonial divide and rule policies of administration. Africa knows what hate and racism can do to destroy nations. Overall it was sad, the Belgium, French, British troops etc stood by and watched guarding their loot. The US was humiliated in Somalia as their troops were drugged in the streets. It was the time the West should have stepped up to call for peace but Rwanda was not strategically and resource blessed.
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MalikOpensouls
KetchStrait1, You know nothing about Rwanda! Rwanda faced with lots of things. More than 1 million killed in just 3 months, it means more than 10,000 kelled per day. Yeah we killed each other, hatred we were taught from Colonials. but that is 28 years ago, about now I wont say much Just use your internet and If you want to know more just #VisitRwanda and we ll show you the ways of Peace and unity. Rwanda is a new African giant and to be exact, the last CHOGM 2022 was held here in Kigali-Rwanda.
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Anti-Supremaci
Now the comedian wants to drag Africa into his theatre and not merely to watch? Africans do know comedy and that it’s better on screen that when you become part of it.
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Western are the ones who caused entire African continent to suffer as we are today,I'm from MALAWI suffering to feed my self because of western sanctions on Russia so Africans we are victims of economic aggressions towards Russia
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Stephen Riddick
Africans would do well to remember how their citizens where treated when trying to flee the country the beating and violence against them and how they where thrown of trains and buses to allow their Ukrainian friends to flee, it was Russia who helped them escape and remember this Russia was one of the few countries in history not to enslave African people or Rob them of their resources
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Tmi
What massage? You killed your citizen? build neo-nazism? or biden colony lie?
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Pieter Botha
Leave us alone. You stand no chance. I am from South Africa. You guys in Europe and the US live in a dream world. Here in Africa and South Africa where I am, the attitude towards the WEST is as negative as can be. Our own Minister of International Relations (Naledi Pandor) told Anthony Blinken to his face and on TV (Go look for the video) that we will not be pushed around or be told "do this or else" as that is the attitude we getting from the West. The West may be able to pay of the big guys, But the people wil not stand for it. And the people knows what the West has done and supported through our history and what pain, suffering, poverty they caused us.
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Pieter Botha, Right on! Africa does not need the West. I know several cities in your lovely country, spent much time there. I've watched the sunsets at Milnerton. I've lived in Mozambique and Angola, visiting each provincial capital, and spent time as well in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. Africa must come together, and again, does not need the West. Africa has everything it needs.
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Jaffaman
"“African nations [must] stand by international law, territorial integrity, and peace,” - By bombing bridges in Russia...?? And - by standing by and watching - for 20 or more years while America occupied Iraq, Afghanistan & Syria...??
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El_Kat
Leave Africa alone.
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Sukmiwangyat
This is a famine war intended to freeze-out others as they reintroduce the second part of the bio weapons program. Fauci knew that all his animals died during the trial after they reintroduced a far lesser virus like the common cold. ADE is the goal here.
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John_Wick2
Little corrupt Ukraine, the beggars of Europe with their corrupt regime sending “messages to Africa”…really??🤣🤣
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Vml
Let the African leaders take their time in choosing sides, just like Ukrainians treated the African students at Ukraine train stations and border post. Sympathetic Kicks, punch and whips for the African students, so that the Euro teary blued eyed students gets out first.
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ZaidMoola2527
EU AND UNCLE raped and are still raping AFRICA of its precious metals and other resourcers like coffe/coco/tobacco and now you UKRAINE with no power at all want to dictate to AFRICA ON WHO TO SUPPORT
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Cl K-berg
Indeed. Where, more precisely, do African nations stand on the Ru-Ukr conflict? For sure they want no part in it, and detest any and all nazi's, wherever they may be. But declaring such publicly, at the UNGA, with the US FBI CIA closely watching on, and their nations already facing abject poverty and starvation? what can we expect? Let's also not forget - not every single African leader is a knight in shining armour. Africa's riches are after all wholly owned and controlled by western corporates. Sheer corruption, betrayal of the masses, human abuse and tribal slaughter are by no means foreign to the continent (unlike the warped impression BLM seeks to create). The AU should take the lead, and in so doing comply member states to act honorably.
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JuliusCaesarAugustus
Where were these white supremacists when Russia was helping Africa throw off the chains of colonialism, from the very same countries that colonized them, who are also supporting ukraine. This shows that white supremacy is a delusional mental disease, from the west, and should be wiped out along western civilization.
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Bee Somsak
Tell Zelensky & his mob where to go? He loves war yet his people will suffer for many years to come as he & his cronies pocket all the free arms & sell on the black market plus buying up all the land the people own....
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Heiniken
For last five hundred years Africa is being plundered by the west and now the western puppet is asking for their support! World is really funnier than I used to think 🧐
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Victor Musonda
These madmen in kiev!who re on a leash from.their grandmaster need to understand how Russia has stood by us when the Anglo saxon Colonialists where raping our women and resources! Actually Russia should Carpet Bomb the whole Ukraine and bring this foolishness from those Nazi criminals to a quick end.
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0ld Richard
Let me get this strait, Zelensky sent 95% of grain shipments to Europe instead of Africa, but now he wants favors from Africa? Yeah, like that's really going to happen.
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Marko Jhorr
Why do white people feel they have the right to dictate to black people?
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Veridion
Marko Jhorr, Or viva versa.
Africa has the chance to wake up and stop relying on Europe and the US for handouts.
Both Europe and the US can't help Africa anymore, they are falling apart. Help always comes with strings attached.
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JuliusCaesarAugustus
These white supremacists nazis have the absolute gall to demand that Africans should side with them against Russia, where were these satanic evil scum, when Russia was helping the African countries throw 9
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JacquesDeLamoya
Kuleba: African people you are invited to starve for our elites g@ngb@ng parties.......
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Kopi Schreiber
USA has been undermining African countries for much too long. We in Africa and South Africa are NOT supporting USA-Ukraine. That's it! LIVE WITH IT ZELENSKY.
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Frankenfurter Hotstix
Kopi Schreiber, Well said!
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