The head of the African Union is urging Russia to renew the deal which allowed Ukraine to safely export grain to Africa.
AU chair and Comoros President Azali Assoumani spoke during the final day of the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg.
He also called for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports from St Petersburg, Russia.
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This is how diplomacy works people. The collective West should be there taking notes 📝 to learn how it’s done 👍
@adam tarnowski97% of all the grain from the grain deal went to the EU. The West doesn’t need to try – they already singlehandedly starved Africa.
Learn How to make africa their b itch?
Giving “grains” to the continent with the most FERTILE SOIL IN THE WORLD is not “diplomacy”.
@Jake l still believing the propaganda, huh?
@World needs Peace😂😂😂😂😂😂 exactly,
Would it not be simpler to invade African countries, install a puppet government, slaughter the people, steal their resources and then offer them an IMF loan they can never re-pay?
China Belt and Road Initiative?
Russia is small economy, smaller than Canada .
What can Russia offer to Africa as Russia itself begging for western investment and tech.
Russia is equal to Brazil and nothing more
@Don Babilioу нас есть ядерное оружие, не переживай, из России
@Don Babilioмы прекрасно живёт, дурак, получше вашего. Меньше телевизор смотри. Приедь, посмотри
@Валерия pakistan too has nukes and India.
Russia not special a 3rd world country like China India Pakistan
@Валерия u vas toze balota I musor bednost I hujnia I dyktatutra I niet cyvilizacja
@Don Babilio Yeah. But what’s the cost of living in Russia dipsh@t? They are paid enough to live comfortably in their own country. And they have no reason to migrate to a rotting empire well past its prime with control over world finance being literally the only thing it has.
NATO needs to get behaviour and stop their interests of democracy and Russia sovereignty is needed for stability for the world
What about the sovereignty of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. Or the sovereignty of these nation doesn’t matter. Both Russia and America should respect smaller and weaker nations. That’s when multipolarism will be achieved.
The USSR worked out well for Ukraine people.
EU, on rutiköyhä, eikä EU, valtioilla ole muonaa, jota africaan lähetettäis, mutta venäjä kykenee muonittamaan koko african.
@geakin
Yeah, No holodomor at all.
Just rumors, right?
Made up by western news media.
They don’t want to be a part of Russia!! None of them do!! Why the he’ll do you think ukraine is giving Russia a hammering.trying to take somthing that doesn’t belong to him.
His day will come,soon enough
Let’s blow up Ukraines grains and only Russia can supply 😂WTF. Leave Ukraine the war is over it’s not rocket 🚀 science
Russian $23 billion debt relief in Africa is large scale corruption, isn’t it? Buying support for Putin’s murdering and terrorism. How come these African nations believe promises from Russia, a nation that never keeps its promises and breaks every deal? Isn’t Putin actually insulting the African nations calling them “not advanced democracies”. “There are plans for Africa”. Yes, using the Wagner group to steal resources and keep tyrants and thugs in power. Maybe not what the ordinary African needs? Was Putin making a success story of the old Soviet Union? What a great charade. Will be very interesting to see what happens next. If the peace initiative from the African countries will bring peace to Ukraine and accountability to the Russians, that’s great. But does anyone believe that for a moment?
All countries should collaborate and sink the agressive western psycho ship down
Multipolar world order is a must, enough of the unipolar day light robbery. We need a more competitive world and more basket currencies.
@Gabe T I don’t disagree with what you say, but would the emergence of the USSR be any better?
I think China called it the “Great Leap Forward”.
@Gabe T There was more of all of that during the Cold War. Was the world more unipolar back then?
@geakin the ussr was Ill thought of, China is a different ballgame. China is a communist/capitalist system, it has control over criminal speculators, does a lot of trade with the world, is the world’s factory. USSR was a closed economy and the Chinese learnt a lot from the fall of the Soviet Union. Russia isn’t trying to revatilise the soviet era, what Putin is saying is let’s trade together, stop all these one sided diktats, unfair and discriminatory trade. Stop others from lording it over other states, stop the extortionate and dirty imf, world bank policies. Have a more competitive world where a country can trade with whomever it wants without bullying, threats and coercion. The world is tired of pisstake from the USA, illegal wars, coups, deceit and all sorts of nastiness. When you speak to folk from Africa, Latin America, Middle East all they see is a double standard, hypocrisy, deceit and robbery. All those castigating Russia for attacking Ukraine have been mute since 2014 when the Ukrainians were busy slaughtering Russian speakers. Where was the uproar when Yugoslavia, Libya, Iraq, Syria (Uk and its terrorist proxies) and others were being destroyed by NATO.
@Marko E keep living in the past, folk have had enough of the weaponisation of the dollar, the greed, the cheating, the lies, the stealing, coercion. The usa is an irresponsible world power, power vested in the hands of a few isn’t good for no one. BRICS is going to put a stop to that.
@geakinbecause they are better 😅mind your European business
Enterprises, steel plants, and factories? Why is this not the headline?
During the filming of the famous song “Do-Re-Mi,” the scene where Maria and the von Trapp children are singing and dancing around Salzburg was actually shot on a cold and rainy day. To keep the children’s spirits up and capture their genuine laughter and smiles, the director, Robert Wise, had a group of men off-camera throw snowballs at them between takes. The unexpected snowball fights helped create the joyful and lively atmosphere seen in the final scene.
🤷
You don’t start with the roof when building. The important topics were food, education and security as the foundation. There will be more summits in the future to fine tune their plan.
Putler and Lavrov to the Hague.
Biiden navalniyn seuraksi.
Дебил, что поделать
😂 But in return, Russia and Wagner will be allowed to “guard” Africa’s resources, like in Sudan, because gold and diamond mines don’t watch themselves.
@Oneshothunter US has own interest, dont really Care about Europeans. Why blowing up Nordstream ? Germany industry is going down : one competitor eliminated : good for US business with expensive price of gas to Europe.
@OneshothunterChina is the largest Gold producers In the world
Oh Africa
Of course they want to guard them!! He wants to take as much as he can like every life in Ukraine 🇺🇦
He is a scumbag
@Oneshothunter Russia is the largest producer of diamonds and that is ALROSA, Israel’s loyal customer of Russian diamonds
Everything in Putin’s plan is working out perfect apart from loseing the war in Ukraine,
Time for Communist Russia to colonize and exploit the beggar Africa.
What have turned out to be some of the most expensive gifts are those that were given for free. If someone is giving you their product for free, *you* are the product.
“The war is not between Russia and Ukraine, it’s a war declared by NATO on Russia…and Ukraine is the sacrifice (prize).” Mr. President Issayas Afewerki.
@Wh@t Yes, another authoritarian strongman who runs his country on corruption and coercien supports Putin. For a few billion in debt relief and free food he is willing to spew the idiotic Kremlin line.
The Ukraine war is the result of Russia stealing Ukraine’s land and resources. Russia goes home, the war is over.
Haha😂 that sounds too west isn’t right, what they are doing to Africa at the moment.
@Wh@t whatever coherence that was supposed to make.
Let them rely on Putin. They will all starve to death.
Isn’t Africa China’s b itch?.
Putin: “I’m a psychotic, genocidal freak…be my friend.” hahaha
Lännen aseilla tuhotaan ukraina. Tiesitkö….?
Gullible African leaders.
Oh who will deliver us from Putin’s demonic power of deception ???
King Putin with big and great heart & love
Support from Pakistan
Yeah, Putin is a man with a big heart, i wish all countries’ leaders would be like him
Suck a great heart,why the he’ll is he bombing schools with children in Ukraine 🇺🇦
You lot are absolutely brainwashed
Don’t get nato and the west let Ukrainians free to bomb Russians on their own ground the Russian puppet show need to end
theres only one request from us as Africans, we want this man to end the war in Ukraine, our land is very fertile we are not asking for handouts, we are not starving.
but you were laughing when the USA was destroying Afghanistan and Iraq…So just mind your business, you know nothing about the war.
“The war is not between Russia and Ukraine, it’s a war declared by NATO on Russia…and Ukraine is the sacrifice (prize).” Mr. President Issayas Afewerki.
@Wh@t Are you saying NATO attacked Ukraine????
Ukraine don’t want peace. They want to continue with fighting. Let them fight as long as they want.
@geakin5458 nato is using Ukraine to fight russia, they are more than fine with hundreds of thousands ukranian men being sent to the front as meat to fulfil the western plan, zelensky’s pockets are filled with blood money
украина подписала минские соглашения но вместо их выполнения готовилась к войне. Россия сделала все что могла чтобы решить все мирным путем. украина сама выбрала свою погибель.
Tell Putin to withdraw his killers and orcs from Ukraine and the war will END IMMEDIATELY. Are you all ignorant of this?
This is big shot and jackpot
Yup, that’s a beautiful move of Putin
😮😮Nonsense! 17 dictators out of 42 African nations doesn’t represent Africa. We don’t need “FREE STUFF” from anyone. We want equal trade internationally, and good governance at home.
KTS. 27 EU, valtion mätänevä demokratia. EU, Kolhoosi on diktatuurinen.
So, everyone who makes trade agreement and partnership is a dictator? 31 African countries sent their high level officials as well. So according to your small brainwashed brain, all Africa is led by dictators.
Those free stuff are merely gifts or gestures for our ears. And diplomatically, you don’t turn down a friendly gesture. We have food in Africa. This summit was to make sure everyone in Africa just understands that Russia can be a better and fair alternative trading partner to the collective west. Great move!
Most certainly
All theses African countries are a bunch of spineless, beggars, kiss Putin’s @ss who will never be independent, including Egypt
Sisi is indebted to his neck to the US. Now he way to be owned by Putin. No wonder why they call them 3d world countries
Venäjä hoitaa muonakuljetukset, ei siitä tarvitse vieraiden valtioiden kantaa huolta, , pääasia, että venäjä hoitaa muonakuljetukset kohti AFRICA… Murkina faso, mali, somalia jne. Pääasia, että HALPAA muonaa on..!
Putin is a Golden heart leader❤✊✊👍👍🇷🇺🇷🇺
Puuttin jakaa africa valtioihin muonaa. EU, ei saa mitään. EU.,n kannattaa opetella se asia, että on parempi olla ihmisten tavoilla, ennen kuin ryhtyy kiusantekijäksi ja tuhoaa samalla omatkin valtiot. EU,la ei ole muonaa edes omiin tarpeisiin, mutta venäjällä on….! Africa vaurastuu venäjän ansiosta….! Kiitos venäjä..! Africa valtiot kiittää..Terveiset täältä Ranskasta.
But the entire world wants peace, but putin doesnt
Yeah, sure.
He just made it harder to feed the people of most African countries.
Prices has only gone one way since the start of this war. UP!
The little poisoner promised 6 African countries free grain.
For how long will be provide “free grain”? Forever?
And free weapons?
For what?
He only cares for himself.
There’s a catch hidden somewhere.
👑 👑 The big mouth Paul Kagame was ordered by the West not to attend 😂😂😂😂
Glory to Russia 🇷🇺
God bless Africa they’ve suffered a lot by collective west .
Glory foe russia,your leader 🙌 is a murdering scumbag
@Huto Tutobrain washed absolutely brainwashed
Glory to Russia and African 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Glory to russia for putin been a murdering scumbag,you all need to grow up,they reason Africa have no money is because your leaders and elite take it all.
Russia is getting a right pounding,sending his men to die!! What for ??? A peace of land that isn’t his anyway.
Putting will leave you in the dirt and Warner will kill and destroy your country!! It’s only a matter of time before all this goes sour.
So glory to ukraine 🇺🇦 ukraine 🇺🇦 🙌
@alexwalsh6179 nothing like brain wash…you westerners deliberately kept africa poor. Make your findings evil people
President Putin will provide all wheat that African countries need,may God bless him for his great humanity 🙏🇷🇺
In fact, a delegate from one of African countries (the leader/president, not quite sure) that joined the meeting said that “wheat prices gone through the roof (bc of this war) had made it harder for all others except the 6 he/putin promised free grain.
That aside, he was worried about future, would russia provide next year, too?
For how long would putin do this?
putin also promised free weapons/guns?
And for what?
I’m pretty sure that, there’s a catch hidden somewhere.
American politicians and leaders through the world health organization WHO, if they were not involved in the production of Covid, how did they know if there is another wave coming? Again they mention his name and power. They tell you that it is more than the existing covid. Then Humans, as we are careless in thinking, we say that God has decided that it is human tyranny with evil intentions to destroy other human beings, especially Africans. The United States is the leader in what I am saying.
Are you an absolute moronic idiot ??
It’s Simple here. The west had influence everywhere. So Putin knows that’s if them (the Russians) and Chinese help Africa to become independent, they’ll weaken the west. No one will have to do anything under any conditions. So Africans also don’t have a choice because most of the countries for example Zimbabwe have been under western sunctions for over 20 years now, it has been hindering fast development. So it makes sense to ally with your enemy’s enemy. If there’s a catch, Africa would rather Russia and China be their brothers than the west.
And to answer your question on food, they can’t feed Africa for long that’s why their putting in place programs to ensure increased production of food. Zimbabwe is already food secure and it’s food production is growing once again at an exponential rate that soon it will be the bread basket of Africa once again. Moreover it is not the only country that can replace all that grain within Africa. This alliance will boost trade which will shift the power dynamics in the world so food has to be secured for everyone for it to work. I’m Zimbabwean that’s why I am giving examples about it
Whats Africa going to do in a war 😂 send in its water buffalo army , it’s giant bat air force 😂😂😂
Surullista se, että EU, valtioissa ei ruoka oikein piisaa, ei ole edes omiin tarpeisiin, ja ruuan hinta moninkertaistunut, ja muutkin hinnat. EU, on rutiköyhä. Onneksi venäjä kuljettaa ja hoitaa africaan muonakuljetuspuolen, ettei tarvitse kantaa huolta, nyt on turvalinen muonakuljetus. EU, lakatkoon ajamasta omaa maatalouttaan alas, että myös EU, kansa saisi puolet halvempaa muonaa. Tähän teidän on pyrittävä. Ranskasta terveiset….!
Plenty of foo you idiot,the shelfs are full,we don’t need to rely on a murdering scumbag like putin
The Snake in the Kremlin speaks with forked tongue , and is ready to strike Poison into the heart of Africa !
Tietysti, jos EU, ajaa alas tätä tahtia oman maatalouden, ainahan voi ostaa venäjältä muonaa, ja lopettaa vihateot ja rasismi ja vihapuhe, jota eu, valtiot harrastaa ahkerasti. Vihanlietsonnalla ja pihapuheilla ja vihateoilla aiheutetaan eu,lle lopullinen tuhoutuminen. EU, aiheuttaa sen ihan itse itselleen. On silloin edullista, että venäjä hoitaa koko africaan muonakuljetukset.
Some Idiots think Western people were African Angels!😆😆
Free? I mean, future backstab
Africa time
Yup! Russia lit the green lights for African countries, go ahead people, use your chance
Russia Russia Russia,such a great nations that loves to threaten the use of nuclear weapons,because its getting a hammering for a war it started,talk about been brainwashed.😂
Western Time over africa is end
Thank god
Ok
Africa ei tarvitse kysellä ruoka, kenen muona, kenen muona. Sama kenen muona, kunhan huippuedullista, ja africa itsekkin hyötyy monin tavoin. Ei pidä kysellä, kenen muona, kuka omisti muona, kenen muona. Ihan sama kenen muona, venäjän sen kuljettaa teille, joten kaikki turha kysely pois…. Nauttikaa ruoka, ei mekään kyselä ruokapaikka, kenen ruoka, mistä ruoka, kenen ruoka. ! Nauttikaa africa kansa rikkaudesta, turhat kyselyt pois…..!
Good work putin 👏 👍
Africa is only good for stomach infrastructure 😂
From Zambia n Africa we Love Russia n Putin
And u, guys, are always welcome in Russia! We’ll always strive to make ur life easier over there. God bless u and ur country!
🤝❤🇷🇺
Absolute scumbag,a murdering scumbag,what a man for killing children,Absolute boyo,you lot have lost the plot!!
President M7,THANK YOU FOR GOING TO MOSCOW WITH AN AGENDA ON FINISHED PRODUCTS.
Putin and his cronies hide their money in the dollar currency. Even the Chinese won’t carry the Ruble. All these people will never become civilized. It’s like Arabs and Iranians chant death to America but they beg to get a green card.
Russia 🌹💪🏽🇷🇺👍🏼
Is getting hammered 😂
don t believe Putin. It is just about power.
Putin is the best president of our generation.
God bless Russian people 🙏🙏🙏
Well your a idiot 😢
Free Mama Africa 👏👏
African have been owned, enslaved , sold like cattle, raped for pleasure, resources exploited by the British, western european -USA for their interests and greed.
Most african still have not understood the USA, British and european games to keep control of Africa.
Russian, India , China is offering African a new way of partnership.
Putin is a white supremacist genius. Trick African leaders into a “friendship” then take all that they value.
Africa does not need grains. If the African countries were managed properly and if they allow farmers to do their job – like stop taking their lands and creating laws making it hard to farm…, there would be enough food for everyone! Africa has the most fertile lands in the WORLD!!!Why TF do we need GRAINS imported from somewhere LESS FERTILE THAN AFRICA? WTF? there is something very grave going on here.
Has anyone ever thought about what might be in those “grains” that Russia is offering to people who live on the most fertile soil on Earth? Hmmmmmm…………
May be poison food
putin prevents cargo ships from ukraine so that they can no longer transport their grain to africa. soon afterwards putin instead offers to give away free grain so that it is he who will appear to be the hero. I don’t understand why he can’t just leave Ukraine and get peace. war criminal
Putin is our ultimate savior plz save the rest the world…Africa, Latin America, Middle East and South Asia are all with you
Well, that’s what putin is best at.
Promises!
Lol 😂
Africa is making a deal with the Devil.
Putin n his regime are a crime syndicate.
Bribing you with grain .
Wake up Afica , Russia is bleeding money .
Putins hold on Power is fading fast and Russia will take decades to recover from the actions n ego’s of the elite in Russia.
How short your memory is for decades Western Countries through the UN have givin billions to Africa in aid .
Putin can’t even supply his troops with supplies to win a war next door .
Your being used as pawns in a chess game against the Western Countries and Russia
Africa’s support for Putin’s & Wagner Group’s War of Colonization & Conquest on Ukrainians, Chechens, Tartars, etc. legitimizes that the Slave Trade & Colonialism were just projects & no more complaints!
The fall of capitalism
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and hello to being a slave
Great and Glorious Putin, the giver of snacks!
Murdering scumbag
If he love people so much why no other people to live in he country
Because he doesn’t like people who can think for themselves , enrichs himself amd friends and spread the propaganda how the west is damaging their economy, no farmer or business can thrive because the state owns it
Putin cant sell the grain because scarcity result ing from the ban caused the price to spike so he’s giving it to Africa instead… Grateful but i hope they come with a better plan than this 😕
Meanwhile the west offers GMO and LGBTQ or be sanctioned if not accepted
putin is the best thing for africa
The worst show on earth.. communists are pure criminals murderers and now move to Africa after 🇸🇾 Syria
Just 17 countries come lol😀😀😀😀
We have a enough grains keep your grains you arm the terrorist with AK 47 are those arms manufactured in America.Africans beware you are dining with the SATANISM
Well done Russia for helping Africa ❤️👊
Helping Africa,why doesn’t he help every Ukrainian that he has murdered??
He is the devil and an absolute waste of a man!!
putin doesnt talk down to african leaders big difference from the others arrogant UK& US leaders
This is the time that African nations to union ❤
Start of the African union development Bank new Bank of these three to six months 5 to 50 billion yuvan
Putin is making Coup attractive. 5 coups within a year. Birds of same feathers.
If you possess illegal contraband police will seize the illegal contraband anything that contains the illegal contraband and arrest you!!!!!!!
there goes the USA
Oh yeah promis3s and contracts.😂 we know how that ends.
China and Russia are quietly doing what the West has done in Africa minus the slavery part just because they are not the US or Europe they think it’s okay to be basically colonized by Russia (Wagner) and China. Okay 🙄
Putin putin putin,he ia a murderer
Africa must be self independent in food and stop begging for grain
Lol the thing is that we don’t even eat it lol….we just love begging
It’s a gesture, Africa has food.
African presidents supporting Putin a man trying to colonise Ukraine, a dictator,a human rights abuser and a communist, our presidents are idiots.
All African nations rely on freebies. Disgrace to our presidents.
Poor old Putin hiding behind a bushel. A very wheat plan!
African Leaders????
Russia under Putin has not only become an expansionist terrorist state, shelling civil targets, killing tens of thousands of people including children. He’s closed down independent media in Russia, imprisoned, subverting state media to support his ambitions, enriching a handful of multi billionaires to keep him in power, assassinated protestors and opposition in Russia. No one had any interest in invading the largest country in the world. Putin lied breaking the treaty he signed in 1994 not to invade Ukraine, not to interfere with its sovereignty or its borders in return for Ukraine getting rid of its nuclear weapons. Putin ordered Wagner, the l”ittle green men to carry out terrorism in Ukraine, Africa, Syria and elsewhere.
Putin, driven by his greed, his fear his delusion could have helped Russia take it’s place, could have helped so many of the world’s poorest people, instead of cutting off food supplies, instead of providing so many small arms into Africa causing so many additional death.
Putin is a threat to peace, and the fight against climate change. A truly appalling excuse for a human being.
El ressidente Putin esta haciendo grande a Africa
Vean como estan los ratas mundiales que ni robandoles todos sus recursos por décadas, dejan de estar jodidos
Sin embargo Africa esta prosperando con Russia
🤮🤡🤮🤡
Love Russia 🇷🇺 from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
1971 🇷🇺❤️🇧🇩😌😌😻
Why you trust Putin food? But what about he food got a chemical weapon on it. I not trust he food. Might be chemical weapon on the food.
Soon Putin will take over all Africa also all the Africa will under Putin communist.
so i have been eating russian grain since i was young? this is crazy
AFRICA REALISED THAT FRANCE-CHINA-AND OTHER WHITE WORLD ARE RACESIST AND DON’T CARE ABOUT THEM, THEY TAKE BUT NOT GIVE.
Putin lies do much. The only thing Putin will provide this country in a guarantee of death and starvation !
Russia promise’s ‘what”?😂😂😂
They will take everything they can get from Africa,,, that’s a promise 😮
а что дал запад африке? доил как корову много лет.
We dontneed grain guys..we have cassava, yams , playains etccc
Recently i mentioned it…Russia is taking African UAE India China into a league…. And its happenning….. World is on the right side and this will save the humanity….. No more hunger deaths…. Hope the African brothers and sisters thrive for betterment and smiles will be all around…. Hope the islamic countries stop fighting each other and work the friendly ways to better the relationships…. No more suicide bombings please…. Can’t see one another breaking themselves with hatred….. West divide people… Its for world to decide how they are better placed
GOD BLESS ❤ Your Alliance will rise as a Super Power!
As per as
Russia corrupts Africa and Africa buys all Russia’s lies because Russia has no friends among Democratic countries Russia bombs Ukraine’s agriculture and then Russia promises to send grain to Africa oh my god