The Midweek Sun

We must speak with one voice

- IN NOT SO MANY WORDS, DMYTRO SAID:

LMay the soul of the veteran liberation that they can tell a supposedly sovereign move as a collective. European countries a breath of fresh air! icon rest in eternal peace. He has run his African country how to manage its wild- are strong economical­ly thanks to the Not for their youthfulne­ss, but for their race. He fought his battles. What awaits life resources! plunder and looting from slavery and persistenc­e and what they promise to do him is the croIwnnhoi­fsgalodrdy­rienssthoe­nheArefrai­fctear.Day KAunledbay­oruemarine­dteadlking oafbtohuet­Acforuicna­tnriUesnio­ncoClomnim­saitsiosin­o.nB(uAtUwCit)hMthuesaAF­farkician Ctohne-strofnogr Scoenevgic­atli,oonntehoaf­t Foruarnfcu­et’us rlaesrtecm­oaloinsiaa­lnd Now that’sAbfertiwc­aeehnowhim­hisacnoduh­nitsryMhaa­ksebr,eentahsate­daodnfa’tsthpaavre­tntheer typeMoafhs­apmecaited­sidthnaot t slitpinoer­nftaltFere­oenThraisd­setAepreaa­s, thheeumsuo-ther cwonil-l depoeuntdp­oosnt itnheWpeas­ttieAntfra­icnad. mFaeyteh,ohdaiscaml abdueildpl­iancgeof as it is trueafnodr ewahchy aitnwd aesveimryp­poerrtsaon­nt! for Atfhriecsa­e tsouprpemo­semd bsoevrerei­ganllAy dfroiceasn­wchoeunnh-e entcinoeun­teisrspoci­cseudpytoi­ntgapkeowi­tesrrsigli­hkteful oiturcluen­arityth. aAtfrSiecn­aemgaulstw­uantitse,awsaaiyd fKrowmame

Like others before him, especially from the UFoSrAour ptahret,sIabcerlii­fiecvesthU­ekcroauine­trmy maduestowa­trides hearveli.bThereatyi­ohnav. e theIstream­elearnitdy Mtooteroll­ccoa! s an equal among nations of the woNrldk.rumFarha.nce, that the country wants its own

and Europe, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dhmoyntoru­or his coTnotripb­ruetfiaocn­etohitshem­leibsesara­gteiotno Afurischan­ows, tohelivfoe­rweigthnou­r aniImnsatl­esa! d, he unflinchWi­neglcyarne­nitoetrabt­edapthoelo­sgtetaidcf­asbtout this. currency and demands its sovereignt­y!

Kuleba has also embarked on a charm offoefnsSi­ovuethermn iAnfirsitc­ear, reesmpeicn­idalelyd hthisarto, lfeor moIrceatnh­haenarayyo­euasra, yingptohsa­ititohneyo­fnAevferri­ca iSnot,hPerecslie­daernetstD­treMrmosk!gAwnedetsI­ifMorasisi anThd e imYpeoruat­wivoeudlud­tyetxhpaet­ccthathlle­nEgecsouns­o,mtoidcay,

in Africa ostensibly to convince Africans oinfhthoew­AfriUcaknr­aNinaetiho­ansalbCeeo­nngfirgehs­tsi,ntghea dedfeindsa­ivneytwhai­nrgfoorf ithse soortn,eb,uatmarheao­pnply thahtishEe­ndviidro, nbmeceanut­sMe ienvisetre­yr tMimtheimk­hwuiltuh insCisotme­nmceu,ninittyhio­sfinWteren­sattiAofnr­ailceanviS­rotantmese­nt

bad Russia is. Botswana Nfraeteido­onmal aFnrodnint danepdefin­ndaelnlyce­thaegainds­trRafutisn­siganlawin­svatodedri­s.couraognee­thdeifrecr­sititzoenl­osgic ianretrryi­ginhgt tino a‘tnharleyas­te nthinegR’ utosssiae-nd hemrdasrke­d(EbCyOidWen­AtiSt)ytwoibthad­ckraswuacl­hs anpdleodug­etbmurasdt­es of

Just imagine how audacious Dmytro Biso!tsHweana CoThngrise­sis Pnaorttya. border dispute, hfreormeme­ningdageid­n,gbiunttaro­phyUhkurna­itninegloa­ngidc,itosne iosfdeilse­mphisasnet­dsatso ‘Bperorl-iRnuasnsdi­aHn’y! de Parkp.rotectbioy­naismrel,aitsivtoel­ygiyvoeurn­eagl,, ndayïnvaem­leiacdceor­nwtehnot to chose Africa Day – an auspicious day when AfThriceaU­nivwearrsi­toyf oafggBroet­ssswioan.aRhuasssid­aotnreies tboye-sptraobdlu­ischtsc.oBnuttrowl­e all knMowustah­Fatakthi reessepond­eTdhine hwishsople­eicdhetao icsomfomr tehmeose- peotphlies unisttyi,llifhwase arleotdeto­telremarin­eadbotoutb­uhioldwtth­heeAinfr-ica commemorat­es her struggle for emancipati­iotns apnardt byocvoenrf­Uerkrrinai­gneonbehci­amustehiet dDooecs-notirnesct­orugnmisee­notsuar reigshptec­ificraltle­y Adefsrigcn­aeDdaayt by troemgeitn­daintagsta­elloafntdh­esuhnadrdr­syhtihpast­that wouerwantt­e.rnational governance system operates, self-determinat­ion – to launch his offensive atograionf­stLettetor­se,xwishtaats­naoswovree­rmeiagin snaistioth­neandscthr­aonogsuelo­atuirnpgat­theoefcono­dmesipesit­eofthfoerd­miffiercul­tpiesoopfl­eailnl kainidms,alA-ifnrfiecsa­teredmaare­inas have tOo n tbhuist nsol,eEmCnOWdaA­y,Stihsecocn­eslepbicru­aotiuosnly­omf uwmh!ich Russia before leaders of Africa. central govpeeranc­mefeunl tanadndpro­fspceoruor­usse,dtehvelopE­muernotp, eDamn yctorlo nsaieids!. characteri­sed by itesngdrue­raet hcearpeaci­nityBofots­rwraensail.ieThncees,e peopplulen­ges uIswbiallc­knoitntboe tshuerpsrp­iisreidt oiff Fthayee-FSoounnkdo­ing

And how patronisin­g can a man be! Here individual is paArtnieds –noBwNtFhae­npduBnCchP­li–neto- “SuppInotrh­tienegraUo­kfrgaloinb­ealisatino­ont,iwnghetnha­thtesehxe-hasinreEcu­orrodpeedc­aprreomgro­ersesfionr othuer afnacime als tFhatnhers­pofwtehreh­OouAseUb, eIgwinotuo­ldseleikea­lttoeranma­tpivliefyf­rtah-eir how blunt he was – he basically told Affirnicda­answay tiso nhotnaobuo­ruhtisblei­gnagcpy.ro-Western cohraanngt­ei-oWf geostoedrs­na. nItd servoifces­xiosgrengo­uulastesdh­ocktshesyu­cdho aus !COVID-19 and now voices, wtehrnicah­l ceomnbtirn­auce tofrtehvee­rAbleliraa­ntec,ebfeoyroSn­adhtehleir that their self-professed and time tested princIiapm­le conifisdae­bnotutthar­testphecAt­iNngCtwhie­llUalNsoCh­arttmer,ulitniltae­trenratlio­lenvaell of tRheusWsio­ar-lUdkTrraai­dne confThlice­ty-enthjoaytt­hacecluenx­uturyatoef­dphtohteog­rapghraicv­es, Sbtyamteas­k–intghaevse­ibbraenint­gaptpheaml toiliatlal­royf-urus,leAdfriour­kriwngilde­rnceasns,s of non-alignment – a principle containedd­ionlitkhee­wisel.aCwdeanMdK­owrdaesra, acsowntelm­l apsotrhaer­yrighOt orfgeanvei­sraytinoan­t,ioynoutoca­n sfreaegtih­liteieasbw­sohluicthe AUs’asfearffio­s r–tsthweyerv­eenatlruer­aedinytwo ofstthaete­CsonftBinu­ernkitnaan­Fdaosfot,hNeigDeira­sapnodrMa, asloi.that founding Charter of the Organisati­on of AofrNiceal­nson Mchaonodse­elaitasnod­wspnepneta­1c5efyuela­prsaitnh of idmevpelro­aptimv enfot.r African tcooouvnet­riceosmtoe. ef- where they operate campsites that aretohuets­trengNthoo­wf,othuersuen­yiotyuanng­dleoaudrel­rosn–gd-aowna’tiwteodra-nd Unity (OAU), the precursor of the AfricanRUo­nbiboenn Islan“dWaleonagr­esidheeath­riensgtrcu­aglglslef.oIr pefeacteiv­ferloymemv­paloriyotu­hseir regioAnnal­decnonwomf­oirc MuosfareFa­ackhi’sofptuhnec­lholcinale­s,–sn“aTpoptihct­eures eaxnpdecte­rdy saobloidua­trtihtyeio­rpmerilait­ea,ryhefantci­geufoersth–, raasthined­rispensabl­weolerrvye­rasbofourt (AU), is antiquated and must be ditched! am confidecno­tutnhtarti­ethseanAdN­leCadgoerv­se.rWnmeesnut­pport blocs, them so as that such they and speak shocks with one linked voice to the shoot classic videos factors of of our fragility, wildlife such from which owuhrapt othweeyrsa­tannddefmo­ra–nciniptean­tidon. will do the tnheiendkf­uthl eby neoetdonto­lybaettdei­nrdeicnteg­d first on and issues foremost of mutual to interest. as excruciati­ng debt they service amass or the prodigious fall in the profits prices in their Let utsorberly­inognaobuo­rustelmvee­safinrinst­g.fThul echsaonlig­dearfiotyr of the funeral Russia here in as Botswana, the country but that also started this Members war. of Southern of African raw materials, Devel- have countries. been added the consequenc­es our friends their and people’s partners livelihood­s. will also come to supplement”. honouring Dingake “No other for his nation contributi­on. in the world opment wants peace Community more ought of to the be intensific­ation speaking But of the one hegemonic thing for sure, struggle is that they They mean to secure the future of their Chairperso­n of the African Union Commission, Of elephants, than Ukraine. jumbos and But jets we know that with real peace one voice needs in to support between the big powers. never tell the other side of the story –Of-course, there were other things that the of Botswana countries, to reclaim their independen­ce – independen­ce foreign minister to mentioned make mistakes, such as to the Musa Faki Mahamat lused Africa Day commemorat­ion African leaders be just must and sustainabl­e. snap out of their We are during open to this discussing impasse with the UK and how Batswana, ordinary people living Ukrainian “In this internatio­nal context of confrontat­ion of et me pay homage, as we are slumber and any smell peace the initiative coffee! if European it respects two Germany principles: over does the former’s management alongside these animals suffer, when their training learn that from they their offered trials African and errors national without liberation on May 25, to lend a devastatin­g divergent geopolitic­al interests, the will of each side wont to, to Cde Michael Kitso imperialis­m not is suggest on the ascendancy. territoria­l concession­s There of and its elephant does not herd. lead crops are stampeded, when their lives are movements. fearing to be He judged recalled by foreign that from powers! 1965 to blow on Ukraine’s campaign to sway Africa from threatens to transform Africa into a geostrateg­ic Dingake, who breathed his was never to any a frozen real independen­ce! conflict instead They of peace. They have done this at CITES, they cut short, or when their safety is being the 1980s, This many is the of them time when were African trained regional in Ukraine her time-tested commitment to the principle of battlegrou­nd, thereby, recreating a new version of

last around 4pm on Sunday 7th fooled us. They “Ukraine gave us has the a clear office. plan But in this must regard. continue It is called the momentum at all compromise­d by fear. for the economic needs of the communitie­s African Party need for to the start Independen­ce non-alignment.

April 2024. the Cold War that is very detrimenta­l to the effectiven­ess they remained with the administra­tion. multilater­al and other platforms. But revisiting of Guinea the and 1993 Cape Treaty Verde, establishi­ng the South President Zelenskyy’s Peace Formula. This war is Senegal’s breath of fresh air Ukraine’s It was a Foreign cloudy Minister day, the Dmytro sun had Kuleba is on This is classical master-puppet relationsh­ip. once they allow Europe, which sees of itself multilater­alism, on which global peace And then came Africa’s youngest the Pan African Economic Community a happening on Ukraine’s soil, so we consider it natural West Africa People’s Organisati­on in Namibia, the refused charm offensive to show in his Africa face, with perhaps a singular an purpose So, steeped in this domineerin­g as one under the aegis of and the security European depend. President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, of (AEC) and the declaratio­n therein, especially – that a Ukrainian peace plan should be at the core of Zimbabwe African People’s Union, the People’s ominous to convince sign Africa that something to condemn major Russia’s was annihilati­on attitude are they, that their arrogance Union, to infiltrate and divide In this them zero-sum into game,

Senegal where and his the ally, gains Ousmane of others Sonko, the those relating to coordinati­on the peace effort. We invite African countries to join Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the Liberation bound of his to happen. country; The or at next best day, to support (8 April) the US-led has assumed their second nature. This is individual units, you can would be sure translate that we into latter losses who’s for Africa, been former we must President resist Macky of efforts by RECs.

NATO there was alliance a total in the eclipse Russia-Ukraine in the United conflict the implementa­tion of the formula”. Front of Mozambique, and the African

the that condescend­ing attitude that informs are headed for disintegra­tion. all forms of instrument­alisation Sall’s irritation! of Both our men Member – Faye, and his United we stand, divided we fall. Let us hSatsatgeo­sn, we hoinlsftof­roor vuesr, iat yweasr pnaorwti.al. But, uncharacte­ristically of him, the Chairperso­n National Congress in South Africa.

white United Kingdom and Germany Let us speak with one States, voice. taken Let individual­ly us mentor, and Sonko, collective­ly, now a Prime by sharing Minister, are remember this time tested maxim!

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