this time that the exiled turkish journalist meets svetlana itsyana sky, exiled leader of the opposition in bella, luce, of course, i'm tired. i'm tired. physically untied, morally, is too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this way because i'm responsible for the future of our country. for the people who are behind the boss. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w. ah, hello there. are you young and young at heart? then you are the right. please. welcome to another edition of the 77 percent. this is michelle for africa's majority, the youth. my name is linda camara, and it's a pleasure having you

in today's shore, we will be quite political. we explore russia's growing influence on the african continent. in cut, you know, we asked young people how they view russia and it's war on ukraine. and in our homecoming series, we meet our thought maker link turned to our whole country, tara leon. for decades, world powers have been wrangling over partnerships with africa. and since russia attached to crane 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. will my military dontez. this has given ground to more anti french and more pro russian voices. ah, it pro russian demonstration in regard to the canal, facile the security situation. the country is tense, islamist rebels, more control,

almost 50 percent of the country. the demonstrators want more support from russia. france, long time military partner and former colonial power has fail. they say that's also oh my god, sorta sees it, his t shirt with put into print are selling well. when you see this is putting, i tell you all my story to sales only putting and revolutionary clothes. 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. good. not to plunder african of rec, whom are has high hopes for put in the russians as opposed to drive out the islam of extremists. and his view is pretty common in west african countries, despite human rights violations. ah, recent you and reports accused the russian private military group wagner created by

russian, businessman, if kenny precaution of torture, summary executions and sexual violence. ah, they allegedly also carried out a series of bloody attacks on autism. all mines on the border between sedan and the central african republic. but for many people, like in 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 at yo yo koya and acted as to his fighting to rebuild tim book 2 after the insurgency. ah, there is a dark book, a greatly diminished all forces. the country has become stronger military lee, do we have made acquisitions? 33. and this acquisitions are changing the cause of the war, new crew,

the lag in toggle, people are much more critical of russia's involvement on the continent. also beulah prisons ruth may give, we won't find a solution if we seek to replace one protector with another. for mean, i hope of africa does not in need guardianship of both. what we have to look for is partners. certainly. but partners who respect us as a partner and we have to work on the protection of our own interest because delaware vital feel of russians, the chinese, or french, the 1st thing they see is the interest in war and how to gain them most by being in africa on the toner from 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 insurgents. so they turned to russia whether or not there are strings attached. let

me start my message to put in a protein. want to ask him to continue helping the africans up because the african people in general want but he provide us with we points against the terrorist, you know, to get us out of the hall. so did a little people like, 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 death count is in that tens 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 shore top 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 do anything you could just let them plot and smoke and, and if you could hear with my phone's been gunshots, some intervals you seen. so just stop the trains and then come in and search. it was really, really easy to find. hi, my name is collins. i'm 21 and i'm from nigeria appointed legal group in vegas till high school. and i moved to you by don't in one area. i mean that's like really hard school to get in. the university of buttons to

study law actually will 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, the studying international law at hard keep national university in ukraine. in simba, anything the one my, my hope was going to you're going to restart not to continue anything just to restart a fresh new life for me. oh, oh. and then my roommate tops me and just like, did you hear like hear what he like those bonding and they all like stop joking. post the night before will joking about was the last for games. funny until it was not funny. will like trying to come now about it until we had 71 and then with

a week so 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 then who is like, nothing is going to happen is just there's just some bloss go outs, gets some food stuck up your free to stain doors. and then i went out and i saw everybody on the streets punting. everybody was literally trying to like go to all the stores to buckled for the could. people were like in frank withdrawal, 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 bump with the group of either foreign students, collins decided to leave you claim they had to force the way onto the train after authority. stockton ah

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

and then it's kind of not fair when you restart, turns to an end. and then you have to me restart again from the beginning and the same when you start. and again, you're starting actually like with nothing but basically nothing against a journey with basically nothing 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 i didn't sound they me shoot me before i started having like therapy sessions. i used to like have bad insomnia. and when i did sleep, i had the crazy night about from that i think i'm getting been around

now, collins is still in germany. hill 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 my grants, which is the collaboration between d. w and other media houses. from educational teams to military aid and partnerships. russia's influence in africa is undeniable. our street debate takes us to cut a new in beneath, where my colleague, kamala raji, host a debate on what the young people think about russia, relationship with africa. the news your votes. welcome to our show, the 77 percent st. debate to amend the summit this week. we caught a new on laming square,

a place that commemorates the friendship between the soviet union and beneath. you been audrey. now, today we're going to discuss a very common topic we've young been in miss been was russia influence in africa on up week case? good is what do young africans think about it as well? and i'll start with a young, political activist. chris, tell me, how do you perceive russia influence on in africa? jessica love with the solo more on them than 3 in terms of influence. we see russia has a power that comes with a chair of hopes and fears. law. a did kind. they kind the basket fears because we know that when russia arrived in the country, it has not care about the way and tunnel politics are conducted like a loud noise, but i'd the pinion seal laugh as not happily dick and denser men. i mean, young africans who live in countries that aren't democratic art, but haven't experienced democracy yet, is we have, ah, nevertheless, i like get the striving for that experience it offenders and knowing that this is

not one of russia's vocal areas, is alarming up on their clients. mostly will google. thank you very much for your opinion. i see someone winking in the back over there. john address was it. you are a linguistics expert when we talk about russian influence in africa to day 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 choose it 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. life, 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 cut is what trained in soviet union got at least 25000 african cutters. what trained there and many more train directly in africa, it said the set, so it's logical that this generation of leaders are ideologically closer to mac, is him him and leninism, which had a major influence in africa, out of the timely book on african massey book. thank you very much, said we're now going to hear your athenian just sweat as you are young, political activist. how do you view russian influenza in africa? 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 that done today. we see that russia is 3 position 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. like do as you go as a big and you can, russia is attacking the country. how is he a young country because of its own interest?

he today it is the queen and people who us off rapids. oh i go there. didn't delay or you would you say you're perfectly nicky or surf 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 daily. see on russia's aggression against ukraine, an independent and salary nation. we see how do you interpret this war? you can get cooper delugas in the said, get, ah, so more in my view passed on in the war between ukraine's young to got and russia reclaim is the confrontation between 2 ideological blocks or da da block idiology. there is the european ideological block, blocky delusion and the russian ideological blog. lucky dorothy guy to be able to comment on this. i want, we need to understand this background for it as soon as the law shows some point. okay, so for you, like the war is due to an ideological problem, double cell with it. i have the impression that you do not agree with this is where

does the war in ukraine come from? and you can there do if it you, more cotton analysis. if we analyze president, put in stands to day, we can see a saturn nostalgia 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 the school is this aubrey civility kid there or to was. unfortunately, russia is doing is partly by forced to keep these countries under its authority, or at least trying to maintain an neutral status. quote, anita this, that you could not 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 goes? do you have anything to say against what is being said? and i figure that we have seen that russia started attacking ukraine out of the blue san diego law. all right, that go. all right, dr. watkins, about one of you did. what can you can me that says to the attack? she grinned. and guess wanting will show it to new. crim is an independent country

amid negotiations. ya. but we have observed for some time to rise up for russia. president, at the head of ukraine lab report were unable, then i just didn't dylan's key came into power with the yet, and anti russia policy there. and clearly demonstrated that he wanted to move it towards you. current total, independent 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. they go, could i boy, an ice oval, d keller. anees, what is the impact of these crises, the lack of rushes, war of aggression against ukraine law on the lives of young africans. so all of the visions africa went by, they sell, and i could be a big area. the impact can clearly be felt. gas is expensive, oil is expensive. many very products are more expensive because these products were

exported from these countries from these 2 states. in particular, 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 as young people or so we really feel like galen was impact those in with them on june. when i be a grassy darker. alright. oh, okay, so in your opinion, why attempts in african countries take to ensure the future crises do not negatively impact, african economies liquid 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 yet is because we can make maneuver bread, but we have fun, jo miller for them, and young ceos maximize group of up. but how can we insure an increased availability of the mon, your could you menu military or sa gum in our market?

marashi? does commerce can, 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 with the 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, alicia? but my yet, but the story, i believe there is no miracle solution i. 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 paper and gets involved in the community that we would have the hoped for solution of this upcoming day. and so we are literally c o s very volunteers who will a desire for sovereignty to formalism. for me, these are feigning africans on the continent so that they can respond to problems locally. navea learn more massey 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 live out. thank you so much. mousie roku. ah, thank you, kemal and everyone in benito 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 that 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 french, you should definitely subscribe to our 77 percent french youtube channel. you can find many of the videos there and a longer fashion 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 kit 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 and 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 carmine care. i'm a sarah leonean 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 filmmaking

. 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 i between 5 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 pathetic 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, and 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 in sierra leone. and it was actually a interesting story because that what was supposed to be a 30 our 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 bull 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's 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 home coming started when i was 21

years old, almost 22. and it was the 1st time i returned back to sierra leone. then i 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, chop house, the american ambassador for the a, u. r a comma chic quake. she gave a talk on where's why the missing piece of africa, the piece that is holding africa back is 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've 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 hurt, be known as the abolla, please, the blood diamond place, 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. had any k 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

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