African Union chairperson Macky Sall said Tuesday that Africa 'does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War,' alluding to the pressure mounting on the continent's leaders to choose sides over the war in Ukraine.
Some observers have called the efforts by Russia and the United States the strongest lobbying campaigns since the Cold War, when the continent was wracked by proxy wars as the U.S. and Soviet Union vied for influence.press nations not to stay neutral
The Soviet Union backed many African movements fighting to end colonial rule, and Russia’s foreign minister has voiced support for reform of the U.N. Security Council to give African countries permanent seats and greater influence. Sall emphasized Tuesday that Africa is “a continent determined to work with all of its partners” to address the continent’s needs. More than 600 million Africans still lack access to electricity on a continent of 1.4 billion people, he said. The continent was hard-hit by the global economic downturn amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when remittances stopped flowing and tourism halted.
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