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in today's shore, we will be quite political. we explore russia's growing influence on the african continent. in could to no, we asked young people how they view russia and it's war on ukraine. and in our homecoming series, we meet our thought make a whole turn to our whole country, tara leon, for decades. world powers have been wrangling over partnerships with africa. and since russia attacked ukraine, this fight has become more ideological. many of ukraine's allies expect african countries to decide whether they are for or against russia, in countries like miley and book in a fossil which are both world my military dontez. this has given ground to more anti french and more pro russian voices. ah, the pro ration demonstration in regard to book an fossil. the security situation,

the country is tense, islamist rebels, more control, almost 50 percent of the country. the demonstrators want more support from russia. francis long time military partner and former colonial power has failed. they say that is also mark, i'm sorry, says it is t shirts with put into prince are selling well. when you see this is putting, i tell you all my story. the sales only put in and revolutionary clogs. that's how it is, why i am very proud. and i say congratulations to africans for russia arrival in africa. russia has come to serve the african lab not to plunder african of rec, whom are has high hopes for put in the russians as opposed to drive out the islam of extremist. and his view is pretty common in west african countries, despite human rights violations. ah,

recent you and reports accused the russian private military coup wagner created by russian, businessman, if kenny, pre goshen, of torture, summary executions and sexual violence. ah, they allegedly also carried out a series of bloody attacks on otter's mill mines on the border between sedan and the central african republic. but for many people likened tim book to molly. the reports of human rights violations are of less concern. as long as the terrorists are forced back, for example, for abraham idea, we are coyer, an activist who is fighting to rebuild tim book to after the insurgency is dark and vocal attacks are greatly diminished at all forces. the country has become stronger militarily. do we have made acquisitions or 33?

and this acquisitions are changing the cause of the war, nuclear or the lag. in toggle, people are much more critical of russia's involvement on the continent. or the appraisal's root may tip. we won't find a solution if we seek to replace one protector with another. for mean, i hope of africa as more to need guardianship of both. what we have to look for is partners. certainly good. but partners or respect us is the partner. and we have to work on the protection of our own interest because it doesn't work well. i tell you, philip russians, chinese, or french. the 1st thing they see is their interest in war and how to gain them most by being in africa on the corner of russia, france, or the u. s. a. for many africans, the question of the right partner is more of a cost benefit calculation. but looking at fossil, the calculation is currently clear, the country needs weapons to defeat the insurgence. so they turned to russia

whether or not there are strings attached. let me start my message to putin. i put in want to ask him to continue helping the africans is up because the african people in general want but he provide us with we points against the terry to get us out of the hall. so did a little people like omar, i'm not thinking about ukraine, but about their own backyard and russia is willing to step in. now, the reason that we and everyone else is talking about russia, is of course rushes war on ukraine. in february 2022, russia and forces invaded ukraine in the foster of the war. over 7000000 people fled the country. families were separated with a men staying to fight. and well the best count is in the 10s of thousands. must braves make it difficult to know how many lives were lost?

and while this war may be far away for many africans, it had a huge impact on the continent. fuel prices short up wheat and other foods were stuck in ukraine. and then there were the individual feats, such as both of young african students who had gone to ukraine to study, will meet one of these students and hear how he was able to escape the war. who's doing anything you could just flip dead and smoke and then the only thing you could hear was my phones and gunshots. some intervals you seen. so just stop the trains and then come in and search. and so it's really, really hard to find. hi, my name is collins, i'm 21 and i'm from nigeria. when you're leaving group and they go to high school and i moved to by don't interior. i mean,

that's like when i mean the hardest schools to get in the university of if i don't to study law actually when lead, they're kind of like not enough for me. so i had to like, try and look for something outside the country else when i got my way to get the ukraine. collins was studying international law at heart. you national university ukraine in simba county, if anyone my, my hope was going to going to restart not to continue anything just to restart a fresh new life for me. oh, oh, it's was in the morning. and then my roommate talk to me and just like, did you hear like hear what you like those plumbing and they are like stop joking because the night before will joking about was the last one games. funny. until it

was not funny. we'll like trying to come now about it until we had 71 and then with a week nobody could see like, it was a joke anymore. and then it would sort of panicking big time. i called my guardian of some sort. and who is like, nothing is going to happen. it's just, there's just some bloss go outs, get some food stuck of your free to stay indoors. and then i went out and i saw everybody on the street piloting. everybody was literally trying to like go to all the stores to buckled for the could. people were like in frank withdraw money to will back in your bags, putting them inside. it was like driving off. harkey was heavily hit when the war began. collin school was also bumped with a group of other foreign students, collins decided to leave you claimed they had to force their way onto the train after authority stopped them. ah,

collins arrived in berlin a month later with just a few belongings. he has been staying with the volunteer host until he finds a permanent place a i mean i lost everything right, but i had life things green. i didn't stay that long, but i had kind of had a life like aspiring to build, i had a life i was already building on and then the war comes and then everything is broken down.

i left the interior right to restart and then it's kind of not fair when you're restart, turns to an end. and then you have to mean we start again from the beginning and the same. when you start in again, you're starting actually like with nothing like basically nothing against the journey with basically nothing except backpack, shirt trousers, shoes, collins hopes to get into a university in germany. but for now, he is learning german and working at a retail store. i used to really loud found re so didn't sound the chicken me before i started having like therapy sessions. i used to like have me but insomnia. and when i did sleep, i had a crazy night apart from that i think i'm getting better now. now

collins is still in germany. he's trying to get his paperwork together to continue his studies. if you want to find out more about him and other african students who fled ukraine, you can head over to the youtube channel in for migrants, which is the collaboration between dw and other media houses, from educational schemes to military aid and partnerships. russia influence in africa is undeniable. our st debate takes us to cut a new in beneath where my colleagues command raji, host a debate on what the young people think about russia relationship with africa. the revenues your votes. welcome to our show, the 77 percent st. debate the 2 men summer this week,

we are in kata new on laming square, a place that commemorates differentiate between the soviet union and beneath. you been an old re now today we're going to discuss a very current topic we've young been in. miss binion was russia's influence in africa on up leak case. good is what do young africans think about it developed and i'll start with a young political activist authority. chris, tell me how do you perceive a rush of influence on in africa? jessica. so love with the solo, more on them than 3 in terms of influence. we see russia has a power that comes with the chair of hopes and fears law a, the kind they kind the bus gears because we know that when russia arrived in the country, it does not care about the way internal politics are conducted like a loud the new black or white, the pinion seal. laugh as not all apple, it dancer, men. i mean young africans who live in countries that aren't democratic art that haven't experienced democracy yet. if we have, ah, nevertheless,

i get the striving for that experience. little sanders and knowing that this is not one of russia's vocal areas is alarming up on their clients, mostly will cooper. well, thank you very much for your opinion. i see someone winking in the back over there . john address that you are a linguistics expert when we talk about russian influence in africa today on up, what does that mean to you? the book you seen some up? definitely we're here. are there lenin square? as you said earlier, the more, and this is a symbol of the fact that relations between russia and africa are in to new jersey . they go back to their independence era. but so we, as africans, open our doors to any one who comes in and we can prove to ourselves that we actually have the power of it to negotiate with our partners. we truly say back to near goodwill was of if you've lived in russia, you speak russian, you are a young african guess. what do you think of all that has been said about the russian influence in africa. if yours always on russia's influence in africa is indeed very present and it's rooted in history or during the cold war,

russia establish a very strong diplomatic ties with african countries. so the 1st african political card is what trained in soviet union got at least 25000 african cutters. what trained there and many more train directly in africa sector. so it's logical that this generation of leaders are ideologically closer to marxism him and leninism, which had a major influence in africa at the timely book on african massy book. thank you very much. the said, we're now going to hear you opinion just where as you are young, political activist, how do you view russian influenza in africa? thick? what will you be now? will i, boy, i've been in collaborated with russia for 18 years, but economically, not much has changed in the country in this 18 years of relations with russia therapy. i'm there. so they will see that russia is reposition in itself, or you will see what is happening in ukraine, so that russia is no better than the other countries that we are fighting at. do as you good as a big and you can,

russia is attacking the country. how is your country because of its own interest e today it is the queen and people who us off rapids. oh i go there. didn't delay, or you would you say, republican nicky, us of oswald, we on today. we are no longer indifferent to what is happening in ukraine. whoa, whoa. who wants to comment on the origins of this war? dearly see on russia's aggression against ukraine, an independent and sovereign nation. we see how do you interpret this war? you can get cooper. delores, in the said, get, ah, so more in my view passed on in the war between ukraine's young to got and russia reclining is the confrontation between 2 ideological blocks. so the do block idiology. there is the european ideological block, blocky, derucia, and the russian ideological block blocky dorothy guy to be able to comment on this . i want, we need to understand this background for it as soon as the machine was down. mm hm . okay. so for you, like the war is due to an ideological problem. the book says,

mr said i have the impression that you do not agree with this. where does the war in ukraine come from? undeclared, there do. if it's more continental is, if we analyze president, put in stands to day, we can see a sat in australia for the greatness of the former soviet union. today we see that russia is defending its fear of influence areas that were previously part of the soviet union at all. cause that vehicle is this obese of you to get their auto was . and fortunately, russia is doing these partly by forced to keep these countries under its authority, or at least trying to maintain a neutral status quart nita this that you got newton monsieur. mister sir? yes sir. do you have something to say that i have the impression that you do not agree with the opinions we've had so far as go? do you have anything to say against what is being said? and i feel like we have seen that russia started attacking ukraine out of the blue . say that go not all right, not go. all right, dr. watkins, about one of you did what i can, you can man i said to the attack,

she grinned. and guess wanting will show it to new. crim is an independent country . i mean they go seizures the alive, but we have observed for some time to rise up for russia. president at the head of ukraine. laboratory were unable destined dylan's came into power with the yet, and anti russia policy there. and clearly demonstrated that he wanted to move it to was he couldn't total independence from russia and nora lucia due to that they have the right to choose their international alliance as well. i believe. i think it's the same fight we are fighting in africa. it's the fight for the african people to choose with whom they want to collaborate. oh, good. i boy, a nice old re kellall and i is. what is the impact of these crises, lack of russia's war, of aggression against ukraine that are on the lives of young africans, sola, the visions, africa lim, but they're still in i. b, m began. the impact can clearly be felt. gas is expensive,

oil is expensive. many food products are more expensive because these products were exported from these countries from these 2 states. in particular, they said russia produces gas and oil cereals, especially wheat. ukraine also produces a lot of cereals, and today this war has an impact on all of us. and especially in us, young people, we really feel it galen with impact, those in with them on june. when i be a quincy taco. all right. oh, okay. so in your opinion, sampson african countries take to ensure that future crises do not negatively impact african economies. lecount me, african, the african also what we do africa to day needs to find its own way editing. oh, it should, it should not be a problem because we have alternative school. anaplastic. roosevelt is that tentative. what our one year tips because we can make maneuver bread. we have for no millard unit, we saw them and young ceos maximize group of all. but how can we insure an

increased availability of the mon, your could you man your military or sa gum in our market? marashi does commerce when, how can we make this work on this particular report? i think in this area there is simply lack of political will because the know how is there medic mouse. all right, so a lack of political will. thank you. so let's listen to crystal solutions to conclude crystal, what is your solution to the shop? but my yet, but the research, i believe there is no miracle solution i asked, we must work to motivate every, been a nice and african citizen to get more productively involved on a daily basis. i'll said this johan report. the t shirts from kia heath pasco says i got asked because if everyone works on developing their personal skills and gets involved in the community, that we would have the hoped for solutions this upcoming day. we are literally c o . s. barry volunteers who will a desire for sovereignty to formalism form. it is all feigning africans on the

continent so that they can respond to problems locally novel on more math see that? well, thank you for watching this episode of the 77 percent. said poor san woodrow. see, no, don't forget to comment, share and like, well, thank you so much. mousie woke up paying to kemal and everyone in between who took part in the debate? one take away from the debate is that we, as young africans need to push our governments to do better at negotiating with our international partners for the young africans like you and me have a better future. if you have something to say about this topic, leave us a comment on social media. and if you happen to speak friends, you should definitely subscribe to our 77 percent french youtube channel. you can find many of the videos there and a longer version of this street debate. now, we still have one more report for you this week. we will stay in west africa,

but head to sierra leone, where we meet filmmaker benny k. hamilton. she had to leave sara yawn as a child, but has now returned to build a new life in her home country. the peace that holding africa mass is the diaspora. and we that were born in africa that left a missing part of what's wrong with your countries you, it's basically a gaping hole where you're from and you, it's never going to be healed unless you make an effort to reunite politically, economically, socially with your countries. my name is identical. hamilton, most people commonly care. i'm a thoroughly own american. i am marie since returning back to sierra leone. i am a story teller. i my mode of story telling that i am enjoying most right now is phil

making. i'm a filmmaker, i'm the founder of 3rd culture kid productions. we are a production company that focuses on content, food, and events. from a global perspective, i began to understand the power of storytelling. really, when i was 25 and 7, i was living in the gambia as a refugee. and one of the things i would always here on the news was about the war in kosovo. i felt more empathetic to what they were, what they were going through. despite the fact that i was going through a similar experience, and that was when i understand and understood that if you were to control the narrative, if you are the one that gets to tell the story, then you have a powerful place because you can control how people feel about you i'm left solely on when i was 5 as a refugee, i moved to the gambia, where i lived for 2 years before we settling at the age of 7 in the united states.

i remember him moments. i remember when the war happened. i remember like getting ready to leave and we actually left my boat out in sierra leone. and it was actually a interesting story because that was supposed to be a 30 hour boat ride us leaving from sierra leone to the gambia became a 6 day ordeal at sea because we were lost at sea for 6 days. and never thought the boat ride would end in when we finally landed in gambia, there was like the 1st time i knew that everything in my life was gonna change. so when i 1st moved to the states, it was tough because i, whenever they heard that you were several union, this was during the time of the civil war and civil union. so everything was blood diamond. oh child soldiers, you are you a child soldier and they say it so candidly and it almost becomes a moniker that you wear on your neck. and so that was the 1st kind of time i had to

grapple with my identity. i think my story of homecoming started when i was 21 years old, almost 22. and it was the 1st time i returned back to sierra leone. then i'd just wanted to come back a lot more. i would come every other year or so. and it wasn't until 2020 that i made a conscious decision to come back to sir william. there were a number of things that inspired me to come back. i went to this event called africa, trump house, the american ambassador for the a, u. r a comma coit, she gave a talk on where's why the missing piece of africa, the piece that is holding africa back in the diaspora. and we that were born in africa and that left. and she just gave a very moving speech. she said, you africans that are always saying, this is wrong with africa. do not know that the missing part of what's wrong with

your countries. you. it's basically a gaping hole where you're from and you. it's never going to be healed unless you make an effort to reunite with your countries. at that point, i had already started my production company in new york, i registered it and i had been doing little things. and then i said, you know what? i'm going to, i'm going to figure out how to just move back. i don't know what's going to happen . i don't know if it's gonna work out, but i'm just going to try. i didn't want sierra leone to only be her, be known as the a bowl of please the blood diamond plays the war. place the child food, your please? i just, i wanted to just tell a different kind of story about sierra leone. thank you so much identity for sharing your story. today's show is a great reminder that young africans are aware of global affairs and how they affect them. we also had,

but they have ideas over how to shape their future. we've come to the end of this edition of the 77 percent and i hope you enjoyed it as much as they did. we always love hearing from you, so connect to reverse across all our platforms. i leave you with a song by bella moore, douglas. i am one jacob. laura, thanks for watching. bye. for now. a ah ah ah ah,

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