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AFRICA WON’T BECOME A BATTLEFIEL­D FOR BIG POWERS’ HEGEMONIC STRUGGLE

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beings of this world and we heartily wiser to understand some of these But whose fault is it? Is it the child’s Nature is Provident. She provides for embrace them even go farther as to things. or is it the parents or the system’s? You our needs wherever we happen to be lobby for their production! Unfortunat­ely, these programmes tell me. As for me, I say we derailed born. The food that we need to sustain

Genetic modificati­on as a corrective bred in our farmers a dependency syn- from the right path the day we began our bodies is right here in our land, science is well and good, but like all drome, which has stayed with us to this despising what essentiall­y constitute­s just as the medicinal plants and herbs other gIrneaht isnvaedndt­rioesnss oitnisAnfo­rticima mDuayneKul­edbaay rwehmeirne­dweednow ohfatvheet­oAcfroinca­tennUdnwio­itnh Comoumr icsusilotu­nr(eA. UC) Musa Faki the strong tchoantvwi­cetiorenqt­uhiaret otourhfeua­tluoreures­micakiness­asnesd fromAafrbi­ucsaeh, othwaht iisscwouhn­ytmryohsat­sAbfereicn­aansteaGdM­fasOt sp.aTrtondear­y, ouMr faahrammea­rst dniod nloontgsel­irp or falAtenrdo­nbyhicsusl­tteupraesI­hdeounsu’t-necewssila­lrdileypen­daroenhteh­re.patient and methodical buildencou­nmterasnot­crcaudpiyt­iionngaplo­twroeurspl­eiskedanci­ng natioansdh­wavheysuit­dwdeansliy­mlopsotrtt­haenirt afgoer-Aolfdrica mtoakremth­eemirboewr n seaeldlys.does when he ofof rour unWityE. dAofnri’tcraeamllu­ysnteuendi­toe,trsavidelK­abwraomade

Like others before him, especially from the USApracthi­ce saocfrsief­iecde-sbUrekerda­ingefmorae­dxeatmowpl­aer.ds herThlibee­yraretiloy­no.n seeIsdrace­olmanpdanM­ieosr, omccoos!t visiting dignitarie­s at the airporNt korruamt ah. to get a Panado to fix a headache, much

and Europe, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro The Tsaomperei­fsatcreueh­ifsormuess­haegreetio­nABfor-icanos,f twhheicfoh­reseigllnG­M seeIndst.eLaidtt,lheewuonfl­dienrchinr­gelcyerpet­itoenrsate­etdalt,hbeusttien­asdtefasdt, I mean our as we don’t have to travel beyond our

Kuleba has also embarked on a charm offensivet­swamnai.nEisvterrs­rinemceint­hdeedatyhs­awt,hfeonrtmhe­oretthhean­nthaayteoa­urr, chilpdorse­intionutog­froAwfritc­haeirn thewacyles­aorfeslitf­ete–rmousr! AwnaydsIof­odroing thiThnges.impbeorard­tievretdou­gteyttfhoa­otdcthoael­laetn. gWese cuasn, ,toifdwaye,

in Africa ostensibly to convince Africans of howgoveUrn­kmraeinet shtasrtbee­dendisfitg­rhibtuintg­inag dfreefensi­vaegewsatr­hefomr oitms ent othneey, arme bhoarpnpty­otthaet he dThid,esbeeicnac­ulusedeeov­eurymtoimr­ael andwbeitha­ivn-sistewnacn­et,,ignrtohwis­oiunrtefor­noadtiaonn­daml eankveiroo­unrmowent

bad Russia is. seedfsrteo­edfaorm aenrsd, winedbepeg­enandetonc­geradgauia­nlslyt Rusesxiate­nnint vtahdaetre­sl.dersoenven­degfoerisn­to lsoegxiuca­iln triyoinugr­atlostaann­adlyasreds­th, efoRruesxs­aiam- ple ma acrhkiledd bymideedni­ctitnyews.ithdrawals and outbursts of

Just imagine how audacious Dmytro is! Helose ouThr icsuisston­motaarybop­rdacerticd­eisp, uwteh,ichhe remliainis­doends, wbuitthami­noUrsk!raine logic, one is diswmoiuss­ldeddeafse‘rptroa-Rnuesldsie­arnb’!ecause ipt lreoatrenc­tionismB,uitsitoalg­l isvtearrte­sawl,idthyndaem­coilcocnoi­snintegnot­utor chose Africa Day – an auspicious day when Africahave­wsaurstoaf­inaegdgrge­esnsieorna­t.iRonussbia­eftorriesu­tso! establSiso­hmceotnimt­reosl it is oMutuosaf Fgaekniuri­ensepoign-ded tinhahtist­rsapiet efrcohmtot­choememlde­rm. o- this unity, imf winedasr.eThdeetedr­amyiwneddt­o bthuailtd, BthoetsAwf­arinca commemorat­es her struggle for emancipati­on and Wohvenr UIkgrarien­we buepcaauts­emitydoger­sanontyr’secognoisr­eanocuer–rigthet elderrawte­oAulfdriac­sasuDmaye bjuystremi­ndSiunsgu aillellans­dusswuannd­arygotrhea­stuswawnae awgaont. Vaccine Institute will not just produce self-determinat­ion – to launch his offensive againstfar­mtloanexdi­ssitnaDs aitseolevn­egre, iIgunsneda­ttionseaen­hdecrhoobs­ey olouorkpin­atghaot fthe chdeilsdp’sitbeotdhy­e, tdhiaffit cthueltyie­s oiflealell -ktihnedsse, mAafrxiicm­a sr,esmucahina­ss ngwaOnan othis lsivoelest­mocnkdmaye,dtihcienec­se,lebburtaht­iuomn aonf mwhedicihu­scibnaecsk­asinwtoell­t.he Russia before leaders of Africa. harvpeseta­sceefudlsa­frnodmprao­llshperofa­ursmdepvre­oldoupcmee­nt,aDremoyldt­reonsoaiud­g.h onclyhator­aocffterni­dsetdhebly­awit!s gregaotdic­saiwpackit­eymfoortsr­ee(siitlitean­kcees, a vilplalugn­egteos spirit of the Founding

And how patronisin­g can a man be! Here is and theAnnpdre­nsoewrvitn­hge tphuenmchf­olirntehe- n“Seuxpt portinIng tUhkerdaai­nyes of onrgoatini­gc pthraotdus­hce thhaastrec­ogrodwedap­crhoigldre)s–s winertheet­hfeacgeuid­inFgatlhig­ehrts of theAOprAoU­u,dIpweopule­d, tlhikaet htoavaemap­nlidfyenth­tietiyr how blunt he was – he basically told Africanspl­anitsinngo­steaabsoun­t ubseiing opnroly-Wasehst–erannodr anwti-aWs eastenrnf.rIotm thoeffaerx­mogse,nNoautsurs­ehowcakss suocrhthas­e nCeOceVsIs­Dar-y1c9oanndd­itinoonws for nvaotiocen­sa,lwhikchnoc­wonhtionwu­etotocroee­vxeirsbt ewriatthe,tbheyirohn­adbtihtaet­ir. that their self-professed and time tested principleo­theirs parbeosuet­rvraetsipo­enctminegt­hthoedsUsN­heChadrter,oinutrecrn­oamtipoans­asl, ourRguusis­diain-Ug khraanidn.eJucostnfl­ictoh-etshioant.accentuate­d the graves, by mItaiksing­otabvyibcr­hanant acpeptehal­tttohailsl coof uns,tAryfriisr­okrinugpbr­incgainsgo­if of non-alignment – a principle contained in thelearnla­ewd farnodmohr­deerrp, arsewnetsl­l. as the right of evaesrwy enahtaiove­n thoe foufracgai­rlidtinesa­lws h–icnhorAtUh,’s efforThts iws ecroenadli­rteiaodnyi­nwgo, theeCnodno­twineednwt aitnhdaorf­icthebDioi­dasivpeorr­sait,ys,obtohtaht founding Charter of the Organisati­on of African Bucthaosot­sime ietswoewnt­nopne,atchefguol vpeartnhmo­ef ndtevelsoo­pumtehn, te. ast and wtoeostve–rcomr eth. e four you may, was then affirmed throuthghe sintrie-ngtflh orfaoaunrd­unfaituyna­an,ditoiusrbl­oyntgh-eawdaeilti­bederanted Unity (OAU), the precursor of the African Unionin its w“Wisdeoamre, ihnetarroi­dnugcceadl­lfsrefoers­epedace fsreoamson­vsa,rsiuomusme­r, auAtunmdnn,owwinftoer aMnudsa Ftaiaktii’osnpsucnhc­oholilns,eth–es“eTboetihne­g riteeoxfpp­eacst-ed smoliedaas­ruirteysoe­pmerpaltoe­y,ehdenbcyef­oourrthf,oaresbinea­dris,nsutecrhad­ulptheonos­adb. (AU), is antiquated and must be ditched! distrcibou­tnitorniea­snadndevle­anddeercs.idWede stuopfepno­cret themsprais­nsgu–chwaenadls­o unsdheorcs­ktsoolidnk­thedattaop­there-classsaigc­efafcotrot­rhseoyfofr­uatghiltio­tye, le lesvuecrhs faosrtohue­rpproacwte­icreaonfdS­eemreatnoc(iTpoateiom­n). parttohfin­fakrtmhery­sn’ fieedldtso­inbceluddi­riencgtepd­lafinrts-t ansdofno’sregmroows­thtor devaesloep­xmcreuncti­ahtains gstadgeebs­t.servicIeno­crotnhtemf­aplloirnat­rhyesopcri­ecteys, I am afLreatidu­s re–lythoant wouermseal­vneasgefid­rsto. Thpresseor­vliedaitr.ity of ing oRrupsasyi­ainagsftah­remceorus ntotrpylat­hnattpsotr­atritoends­this wThar.ese are earlyofchr­aiwldhmoao­tedr,iamlsi,dhdalvee bewene ahdadveed ltohsetcot­hnesseeq.uTenhceeys havoeubref­erinends anThd rpoaurtgnh­erssuwchil­lparlsaoct­cicoems,e Btoatssuwp­apnleaseml­fseanmt”.e of their“fNaromost.hAerllntha­teisoenwin­ertehpeowl­itoirclsda­wt antcshpile­dahcoeomdo, raedolesoc­fetnhce ,inetaernly­siafidcuat­ltio- n orfenthde rheedgmeme­aoniincgls­etsrsugbgy­lethe managed to instill environmen­tal Chairperso­n of the African Union Commis-playtdheas­nigUnkedra­tioneb.uByuvtowte­sk!now that real pheoacoed,nmeeiddslt­eoadultbhe­otowde,eandthleat­beiagdpuol­tw- ersp. eople who by all intents and purpOosfe-csourpsreo, ttehcetiro­enwinerevo­ertyhdeary­thlifien.gIsntshtea­atdthofe sioThn,eMfuarstah­Fearkwi Me sathraymfa­rtolmuseod­urAcfruicl­taurDeay com- Mbyegjruas­ntnaynudss­eudstaoint­ealbl lme.eW, beeawraero­e,penhtooddi­s. cItuisssim­ngportant“nInothtois­siknitpera­naytioofna­l schoonutel­xdt boef ctohnefiro­ncutasttio­dniaonf s. InUskterai­dn,ian dfoisrpeia­grnagminin­giostuerrm­icehnhtieo­rniteadges­u, ochuracsut­hs-e meismtohre­atmionreod­nisMlocaay­te2d5,, dtoisjloei­ndteda, daenvdasta­tingmy garnayndps­eoance, tihneitsie­ataivre infoitlroe­nsgperctys­otuwro prtihnecsi­peldese:vdeoloepsm­endtaivl esrtaggeen­st.geopolitic­al inwteerews­tosu, ltdherawti­hlleorfdee­ascehcrsai­dte thesterawi­naiynsg thtaotmths­e,ybeolffi efrseadnAd­fcruicltau­nranlaptir­oancatilcl­eibs,ewraengseo­fasltlrina­tgeghiecad­lontigonin­mtoovemeun­stsc.eHleberrae­tceatlhled­mtahnadt blodwysofu­nnUctkiora­nianlew’secbamecpo­amigenatso­aspweaoypA­lef.rica fromfarmns­o, nt sousgagnee­stmtearnri­ctoarniael­vceornacle­loswsioans-and doWesensoh­tolueladdn­ot btuhrdeean­tecnhsiltd­oretnrawns­itfhorm eAvefrnici­af itntmoea fwroeamn t1h9e65bat­do her tMimaer-ktemsteydw­cormdms,itmhiesnit­storetahle! Tprhinecip­le ofothetrom­aafnrotzoe­cnocmoenfl­inictot ihnistefia­edldo, fepnecaece. adult responsibi­litbieatst­ljeugsrtoa­usngdr,atnhneries­by, raencraeba­ytisnsg! a new version of the 1980s, fmroamnyth­oefmth,ebmutwnerv­ertrtoaian­beadnidnoU­nkthraeimn­e! nosno--aclaigllne­md ednetv.eloped countries are busy it and p“lUankrtaii­tn, eanhdas tailcllcea­lrlphliamn­sienlfthth­iseregasrh­do.uItldisnco­altlepdret­endthteoCb­oelydoWuna­grstherast!is very Idtetisrim­aseniftawl­etoatrheei­neffaech-urryfotor tgheet needsForf, tahseMAafr­cicuasnGPa­arrvteyyfo–rththeefaI­nthderpkne­nodwesn!

tUrykirnag­inteo’spFrordeui­cgenoMrgin­anisitcefr­oDomdsybtr­eocaKuusle­eba is onownPe reosfidthe­ant fZaremle!nIstkiysyo’swPneadceb­yFothremul­a. ThBuitsIwa­maraifsrai­d wtiivtehnt­ehsesseofG­mMufltoiol­adtesralis­omm, eownhwehre­ic, hbugtlwobh­aelrep,enaocbeody ce of PGauninAef­ariaknandi­sCmapoencV­eersdaied,,t‘AhepSeoupt­leh a cthaerymha­ovffeefinn­siavlelyin­reAalfirsi­ecda wthiatht gaesninetg­iucalallry­purposeone hwahpopetn­iilnlsgiot­n, wUhkroaiwn­e’sedsosili,ts,o wheoconsyi­oduerfiint ndatthuart­aaln infandt ssheocoutr­sitsytrdai­egphetntdo. Life is Nature and nature is goverWn edstbAy fricwa Pitehoopul­et ’sthOergkan­noiswaltei­odngeinoNf atmheibiri­ap, athste – tmo ocodnifive­indcfeoAod­frsicaaret­oncootnhde­eamlthnyRa­ufstesiraa’slla!nnihila-fencethsai­t!a Ukrainian peace plan should beaadtutlh­theocodre, aonf d onceInthte­hries,zfienrod-ssiutmselg­famed,ivwinherre­utlehsetgh­aitncsaonf­nootthbeer­smodiZfiie­mdbaybwehA­isftroircy­a,norPigeion­palen’sd Ucunlitoun­re, tishelikPe­eaoptrlee’s tion oYfeht,isthceousa­nmtrey;doervaetlo­bpeesdt tcoosunptp­rioerstatr­he US-led I dthidenp’teaqcueite­effuorntd. eWrsetainv­ditwe hAaftrisch­ane coulonsttr­i–esthtoatji­osi,ndislocwao­teudld, dtrisajnos­inlattedin­atnodlossm­esafno.rThAferisc­oao, nweermwues­atllrleesa­isrtn andMacocve­epmt entwfiotrh­othuet Lroiboetsr’a!t[iFoinrsotf­pAunbglios­hlae,dthoenLi1b­4instrumen­thailsis,atthieonbe­ottfeorufo­rrMalelmhu­bmeranity.eration NAseTllOin­aglltihane­sce GinMthefoR­oudsssitao-Uuskrtahie­nelecsosen­rflict thatmeanth­teuinmtpil­leImgernew­tatoioldne­orfatnhde faorlmittu­lela”. dysfunctio­nal. all forms of FroDnetceo­mf Mbeorz2a0m­22b]ique, and the African has gone on for over a year now. But, uncharacte­ristically of him, the Chairperso­n States, taken individual­ly and collective­ly, by sharing National Congress in South Africa.

IN NOT SO MANY WORDS, DMYTRO SAID:

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