citizens, folks on the phone, got 10 voices, one european war conflict in ukraine in 45 minutes long d w. maker raring to read me. if there is any erotic events between them, you'd have to find it between the lines. he w, literature, versed 100 german must reads ah, this is the w news, africa coming up on the program one year of the war in ukraine and what it has done to africa. queen, for example, has been in short supply across africa. you to the wall country start to way dependent on it, like kenya. now struggling to get by fred eliza price is i've also gone off since the components come to mainly from russia and ukraine. but some farmers have

found a way around that they are using coll, my kneel as an alternative. and these students may be smiling in this feature about many like them, how to need their studies behind in ukraine. now back home, they are struggling to continue job education. meanwhile, as a war, rages on south africa has chosen on alignment and is odin military drills with russia and china? how do they justify that? with i, i'm eddie mike, a junior welcome to the program. it's been one year since russia begun its invasion of ukraine. now, while a war in europe may seem far away from africa, the impact has been felt by many across the continent of. we asked some in kenya

and nigeria, how the war has affected them. it does affect any emotional cause. i have a friend, whoever did have it from nevada. when we talked last was last 2 weeks. this is the order. now gerard city, the idea that our suffering due to war did that your voice v. needless. it's needless or is it senseless war? would crazy have really good. now. i'm looking back from the fact laser prizes. they have gone up making for it become such as commodity because of leaving us become very high. ah, you'd see at the, for example, this year it has highlight, it isn't going to be put off any it had to offer this. it has become very tough for most of what it would drive us. the taxi drivers. several students are of niger on our region as well, their schooling, and out to

a debt their schooling journey ought to be caught. i mean, caught shots, it's a loss for them. we'll be looking at all the issues raised in a bit, starting with the impact of the war on wheat consumers in africa. now in 2020 alone, some african countries imported up to 80 percent of the wheat from either ukraine or russia. kenya, for example, used to import the fed of its total wheat supply from the 2 war in nations. but now which producers and consumers are feeling the effects of war? are correspondent for alex. marina filed this report from kenya. this is jim flaw because in col, gladly one of the rubies informal settlements before the war they used to bake up to 7000. mendez is bread rolls and vans here daily, but with the ukraine wolf which praises doubled. deliveries were delayed quantities,

decrees, and the baked attempts while he boost their sites. the bakery and it's tough had to make drastic changes to stay afloat. i. we had to go several days without working for you who are lacking for so these are you fighting? you are working for the for the yeah. so units of yesterday they had to reduce and a, some employee are not that up human because we do do we do date of events that we did we just as part of payments for wheat from a michael, just 3 hours to the rest of nairobi. the which shortage combined with higher prices would normally have meant increased income. but that was not the case. as he depended on fat elisa supply from ukraine and russia. apple bellini, they f a t initially were used to buy a 50 kilogram bag of fertilizer at 2800 shillings. but in the recent past, we have been buying the same 50 kilogram back at 6300 shootings. so even if the buyers are coming in plenty, the cost of production is too high and as

a result of the profit margins have become very little trouble by them. i will not let this own up at a coaching with about 40 percent of width supply in africa coming from russia and ukraine. experts say it's time africa stopped relying on food from outside the continent, and found alternative means to feed have most vulnerable people. economist x n, iraqi says that african countries should landless us from this crisis we and make changes. we would want the government to do more. but have things like strategic already solves relatives like statistic, good stuff to get green. this offs would also want the countries in the country and future. good issac don't. i diversify the social therefore, that we don't just get quit from good. we can get we from identity. we must also make fleming court. so people are proud of it. and on the way to do that is to give it support or that is banks, whether the government was, if the, such as he to it, we need to keep supporters from us. over the past year,

africans have had to fit the high price of that dependence on wheat from ukrainian trasha. i wake up called to how a far away war can heat close to home. and it has, it's close to home. indeed, many analysts say that geopolitically, the war in ukraine has spread into a cold, warlike scenario. a global power struggle between ration and western powers plain out on the continent, the pressure is on to take aside. in a case, you see justice and injustice and aggression and a victim. neutrality is not an option because then you are standing on the side of the aggression. but some african governments would rather seek a political position that works for them at home. and i brought in the latest boat, the un general assembly 15 african nations abstained from a resolution that calls for russia and hostilities in ukraine and redraw it's forces that's nearly half of all the up spanish. so why is that our correspondence?

marianna, looks at some of the possible reasons to choose on alignment one, africa as the continent has experienced more than enough invasion itself. so why would so many countries refuse to condemn russia on this? let's look at some potential factors. money is not a major factor. russia accounts for less than one percent of the foreign direct investment going to the continent about one area where russian involvement in africa really stands out. weapons. russia was the largest dealer to african countries in these past years. supplying 44 percent of all arms imports to the continent, a combination of friendship and military support with historical roots which run deep. these relations will formed agree, perfect. so historical moments for the continents, when many countries will emerge and of a colonial, almost as reach moscow, the former soviet union was agree supports with partners to many african states,

many liberation more. unfortunately, the soviet union provided ops, the kremlin lynx, mass, their growth wagner. in spite of the countries across the continent, the us called it a proxy force of russia's defense ministry carrying out missions strategic to moscow. this was most recently seen in molly the mommy of military john to invited the wagner group into the country to take on islamist militants. the mercenaries replaced unpopular french troops, but have since been accused of carrying out massacres, killing hundreds of civilians, russian nursery as could be heading to bettina. ha, so next france says it's pulling out its soup from there to and back. now leanne's offices have already reported they've been seen in the country. looking at fossil wasn't even in the room for that un vote. rising public opinion against western

presence has been swayed by targeted russian dis, information. the us state department says brushes intensified application of this information, and the use of the walk in a group across africa has spread a trail of lice and human rights abuses. these actors continue operating in africa, exploiting turbulent situations through this information to sway public support for the russian government to expand this influence. russian foreign minister, 2nd level off toward africa 3 times in the last 8 months, taking with him a strong method record here. we know that american, british and other european delegations regularly appear in africa and demand african countries not to cooperate with the russian delegation. by which the west understands the restoration by an lodge of colonial dependencies in a new form. that idea of the west having colonialist designs times with unease and

many african capitalists, feelings that their subjects of double standards and a patronizing attitude south africa is currently hosting russia in china for joint naval exercises. the u. s. has criticized the timing of the anniversary of russia invading ukraine. but the south african defense minister told npr that south africa wanted respect for its positions and if wishes it also abstained in the un vote against russia. the ukraine war shows how african countries are on a tightrope between acting independently, while at the same time, keeping the allies they want and need to help us understand the position of some african countries who abstained from condemning russia for its boy in ukraine. i am now joined by fate, my bearer foreign policy, and you politics aspects based in victoria side, africa. hello faith. thanks for joining us now. so africa did not condemn russia.

how do you justify that? thank you. any, let us festivals can see that as you are marking the one year of the russia ukraine war. so that because position on the conflict can be designed through a range of developments. and i think the, the most important starting point in this regard was the word that we saw shortly after the russian began what it called it special military operation. in march 22, a native nations general assembly, in which we saw it, then standing in the void to condemn risk as the gratian. interesting and when you look at the comments that are that because permanent representative to the un in hurry mux highlighted the fact that so that because position was informed by a largely the, the fact that there are so you came with the kind of oversize, the attention that had been given to russia, ukraine will extend some prices,

situations across the world that sees the united security council. so luckily it was coiling out on that fact of what one can quality focus in double standard. but also on the other hand, it was urging more or a civic sentiment to dispute. so this idea of where has piece going. in fact, in the bigger key moines in the, in then folding of conversation. so attention away from the, from the because rhetoric that surrounded the media on set up the ok. ok so, so i hear you all that is understood but some are just thinking why is it so difficult? we're talking about one country using force to invade another country to clean territory. this is, i guess, the un charter. so why make excuses? why is it so difficult to say russia, you did the wrong thing by reading your green? i contend the question to you. the same question can be asked of the coalitions of

the willing in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, which also amounted to a contribution of international law. so stemming from that and to where, if you want to label some, some interventions equal in others, not. then we begin to now get into the tater, you're eval standard. this is particularly the issue that has been raised by a number of countries in the global south who have questioned the kind of geopolitical rendering that has surrounded the rushing war. so this double standard issue is one that, in a sense, has he a weakened the principle of nana line as a historical continental, then meant banana alignment movement was particularly present during the cold war years. does this idea of the global some countries over a 100 countries saying they don't want to be point in the cold war between the is

10 block in the western block? ok, i think as a matter of clarification, so that because position is not primarily neutrality, i think it's better friend using the term of strategic command alignment. i mean that the end of the day that there were 2 sides. you can either condemn russia for invading ukraine or you can stay on the fans or you can see no, russia did not for us to be clean, which will be very interesting. so let me bring you to this point that germany's foreign minister on another book recently made this statement and i quote, in a case you see justice and injustice and aggressor and a victim neutrality is not an option because then you are standing on the side of the aggressor is that a fair statement? it seems to suggest with this statement that south africa is support in russia invasion of ukraine. what do you say to that?

again brings me back to the various levels of analysis that one can apply to the war. so in one sense, there's been a great sense of a position by country like south africa to this idea of being pressured into taking as taps. they deal of none, none, alignment, but they need is a justifiable foreign policy stance by all accounts. so when countries in the collective west, through such statements seem to suggest that the, the, the almost want to use that in limbo, st. push countries into thinking stance. it sort of begins to attend dent on the question of foreign policy independence. and i think that's where a lot of levels of country is less of that wishing back against the essentially don't want to be lectured at. and when it comes to a ticket relating some of the positions on such b on b, wait t political matters such as the russia korean. what?

so it's a matter of us, i think you're fine, but at least position and, and letting that up as an international, you know, take your, what for ok. so to rub salt in the wound, south africa is holding joins military drills in the indian ocean with russia. and china isn't that a bit insensitive us? as you said earlier, you cream, smacking a year of the war with russia. i mean how insensitive i made you haven't considered insensitive a toilet. in fact, it's part of the normal routine of diplomatic activities. when you look at military diplomacy in the kind of multi sector corporation that we see across base countries. so by and by, it's the language of my to can engagements in the same way that a lot of countries in the collective is also choose to conduct the amelia, to which is a military exercises when i think so that should be given according the same sense

of freedom of choice in determining only $22.00 to conduct militate diplomacy with sensitivity. the question was it was a few point 2 and it was ok. the military diplomacy is part of the all trust building and forging strong corporations that strategic as, as the same as in the of the country would look to, to terms of using the various instruments of its weight policy. ok, you're clearly looking at it from a point of view, a sovereign nation can make a decision on its own. so you don't feel like you need to be coerced into making a decision. some still what i do that at the end of the day, this is something bad that has happened. why not condemn it anyway? south africa is, you know, has different relations with russia because of that sort of a close ally ship. if i can see a close alliance with russia,

how come south africa help and the war in your opinion? a friend in its constitution, the key principle between policy, right from the beginning with sin and government officials, calling for a septic sentiments through dialogue, through diplomacy. at some point, we know that you've been trauma. often the good offices of mediation in terms of meeting that. so in a sense of africa, as i did to the messaging value piece being opened as a, as an offer in russia, ukraine was opposed to what we've seen happening in recent weeks, which has been an escalation of the bill in the us now as the correct is entered at the beginning of the contract seem to be digging their heels in. so you know, it's not that because of this condition. it's a return to dialogue and they tend to talk and that is very much in line with the

viewpoint about pushing for dialogue. rather than, than blandly seeking a military solution to the conflict. ok, say for foreign policy on june politics expert in pretoria africa. thank you very much for your insights. thinking ah, you're watching the w news africa still to come. we meet foreigners in ghana who have learned a lesson from the war in ukraine and i'll successfully re thinking the way the best, the war and ukraine bills. a heavy blow to thousands of african students were there and were forced to flee a year later. many are still struggling to readjust to life and study sparkle. did abuse isaac ology met to medical students in gone as capital a cra friends, dan,

so can acquire live in his dream study to become a doctor, or the prestigious cock give medical university not to russia. invasion of ukraine changed every thing. turn aqua hard to flee back home to ghana. one year later, he still find it hard to react. asked the tedious and stressful roster at the point because emotionally, in, if you're not, if you hadn't treat yourself emotionally, you end up crying each and every b because it's not easy because it is something you never anticipate that there will help it began in government or fate to read to greet the students who left ukraine into local medical schools. but to be all for hasn't been picking up by many center courses. it would have been too much of

a setback as it didn't recognize the coursework he had already completed. so he's taken part in courses the ukraine online. there was an integration, but i mean, literally, i would say it's more, it was more traumatizing. don't even know itself because i'm certain categories. you can me, your clinic are. yeah. and, and after i repeat it, are you like you can only us if you are 33 newton does it fine. i saw that in the family. no. not what she had you. mine is also study to become a doctor. he's one of those who did take her it place at medical school in ghana, before that his spirits sponsored him through 5 years of studies at their book of vimeo state medical university in chin. if to see he says he enjoyed his time in ukraine and was close to finishing his degree, opting to continue his studies in ghana has cost him time and money,

or to give up the fact that i'm gonna compete school this year. and no, i mean compete school next year, so i was taking a year back. so i mean there were 500 now, so i'm with him and us, what are to do? do we need to sacrifice out to which i had plans or my parents had plans and this was taking us to buck, but i think it's got and it's when i'm embracing it from the positive side of side of view. so i'm not thinking too much into the negative so that i don't get to affect it in not to lose focus. but this is why said grace that they were lucky to escape the fightin. but both the students also have the i regrets about retaining to ghana to not cor hopes that wall will end soon. so he can retain to ukraine to graduate and started practicing. i said doctor, farmers across africa of south at hikes in fred allies are prizes as their

components come mainly from russia and ukraine. and this has affected their crop yields by there is a way out in ghana, most farmers. and i'll turn into my kneel as an alternative. the rush for the dung is that proving profitable, did abuse at maxwell souk report from gunners northeast in town of bon political. manon has become the proverb yell, cash cow for cattle brita immortal. also, mano, he used to have more down than he knew what to do it by russia's war in ukraine, quitted a shortage with les. this sword. did that day pauses. his head leaves behind, announced selling like hot cakes, learned a bad, there's a rush on my manure. i can't even meet the demand from the farmer's summer already ordering now well ahead of the season rested during the ploughing period. if you don't manage things well, you can easily go wrong and then not yield to results. gonna like min african countries, usually impulse large quantities of ingredients for chemical fertilizers from

russia. how river is ward disrupted supplies, and farmers are forced to sake for whom gruen solutions steep robs, like miss depend, heavily on fertilizes, and they have suffered a decline in the yields a large number of small world of high missing gonna announce 10 into animal manuel produced by livestock bridges as an opportunity, this farmer says it is a viable substitute for chemical fertilizers which are become unaffordable. arossi, i korean war effort when a war and ukraine is not, are yet anna inorganic fertilizer, it will remain these gears but not. that's why i have to be prepared by applying the manure. now. he laughed while we're waiting for the rail law. even if i don't get chemical fertilizers, i won't be bothered to half of the cook with cook. i'm bill cut. macarthur lays out gunners agricultural policy is yet to optimize the integration of livestock and

crops. and experts, one at man, one can only be a sub measure for widespread fertilizer use if you're one of them, more like to be more expensive than november for another because fess the quantities are normally. and then secondly, their work it will require to be able to set lies live, tax of land is just not possible. so is a long term, and man as well is currently going on is a copy strategy, but cattle brita, immoral also money isn't just coping his hoping to increase the size of his head looking to make more money from the constant reach supply did deliver every day and that's how we wrap it up from all of our stories. go to d, w dot com slash africa, or visit us on facebook and twitter, all eyes our nigeria, as the country decides who it's next lead, i will be stay tuned to our programming house. we bring you the latest on the graph

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