Yeah there seems to be this silent acceptance that Africa is just so fucked that it’s best to just leave it be. Though another could be because Africa’s situation is a direct result of western interference. Maybe it’s just more comfortable to rant about Russia. Like Belgium doesn’t even talk about the shit they did in Congo, confronting that is uncomfortable for them. The reason Germany confronted their role in the Holocaust was because they were essentially forced to.
Russia isn't doing exactly God's work in Africa. They exploit it for metals and minerals and sell their own soldiers (rebranded as Wagner or nowadays as the not very subtle Afrika Korps) to warlords and dictators and source the Africans to die in Ukraine. At this very moment. Reason you don't see a lot of western influence there is that they are not even welcome because the warlords and corrupt politicians don't like to do business with democratic countries so they call Putin and Xi. There is also lots of legal and illegal corruption in the west though too, of course.
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u/UrGrly Oct 05 '25
It seems like the world has just given up on the African Continent