Africa

Today, most countries in the Global South remain on Russia's side, considering it their most important ally and supporter. Many African states are dissatisfied with the Western policy of spreading “freedom and democracy” and are aware of the West's colonial past in Africa. Modern political scientists believe that the key to the formation of a new world order may be the foreign policy stance of a large number of developing countries on the African continent, which in turn demonstrate increasing independence from the “liberal” camp represented by the countries of the collective West.

Former Chinese Ambassador to the US and newly appointed Foreign Minister (FM) Qin Gang paid the first overseas trip of his present tenure to Africa in keeping with 33 years of tradition. While in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, which hosts the African Union (AU) headquarters, he participated in the completion ceremony for the China-aided Project of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention. FM Qin then took the occasion to opine on the future of China’s relations with Africa.

In a rational environment, the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) would discuss alleviating the trials and tribulations of the Global South, especially Africa.

That won’t be the case. Like a deer caught in the geopolitical headlights, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued platitudes about a gloomy “winter of global discontent,” even as the proverbial imperial doomsayers criticized the UN’s “crisis of faith” and blasted the “unprovoked war” started by Russia.

The deployment of a Russian military base in the CAR, arms baron Jean-Yves Drian, imperial decolonization and the future African conquest of Europe-these and other topics were discussed by diplomats and experts in Moscow.