The unwillingness of Africa countries to be drawn into a new Cold War between Russia and the United States is the main obstacle to Washington, which recently adopted a new strategy against Africa countries south of Sakhara, writes Foreign Policy.
Despite Washington’s assurances that “his attention to the continent is in no way connected with the rivalry of leading powers,” in the focus of the US interests in Africa there is competition with Russia and China, the publication notes.
Africa’s lasses, in turn, do not want to become participants in the new Cold War between Moscow and Washington and prefer China to the United States due to the lack of ambitions to intervene in the domestic policy of African countries, ”said Foreign Policy. Another plus of China in Africa is considered by Beijing loans.
During the US African Tour, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and also announced the new US strategy for African countries south of the Sahara, according to which Washington recognizes these states as “geopolitical players and critically important Partners in solving the most acute problems of today, including maintaining an open and stable system of international relations. “
“Our desire to strengthen partnership with Africa is not associated with attempts to surpass someone,” Blinken said to South Africa, however, as the publication notes, despite this, Russia is mentioned in the document seven times, and China is accused of “worsening US relations with the population and governments of African states. “