🌍 West's understanding of democracy undermines and belittles African norms and values, says South African analyst

🗣 "They make maximum benefits in terms of advancing this democracy as part of the package at a global level, led mainly by companies which they see as globalization. Globalization, in their view, is westernization and the advancement of Western norms and values globally," Dr David Monyae, director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies and the Confucius Institute at the University of Johannesburg, told Sputnik Africa on Democracy Day.

According to him, Africa has "no problem with globalization or democracy" if they are "people-centered" and have "African characteristics".

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🌍 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Africa could "draw on" from Russia, China in terms of government systems, says South African analyst

🗣 "There are countries that have been working with Africa for a number of years and decades. And the irony is that even within the Western world, there are progressive forces that are pro-Africa and are working in solidarity with Africans to resist this hegemonic Western neoliberal democracy," Dr David Monyae, director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies and the Confucius Institute at the University of Johannesburg, told Sputnik Africa on Democracy Day.

Africa can gather the experience of the whole world, but the process should be "led by Africans with African norms and values and tradition of governance," he noted.

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Auto workers strike 'natural result' of Biden administration's policies

The Biden administration's pro-union policies are to blame for the nationwide United Auto Workers (UAW) strike that now threatens the US economy, US Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Suzanne Clark stated on Friday.

🗣 "The decision by the United Auto Workers (UAW) to initiate a strike will have far reaching negative consequences for our economy, for the American workers directly employed by the Detroit Three, their suppliers and dealers, as well as the thousands of small businesses and families whose livelihoods will also be put at risk," Clark said.

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Biden persists in selling mugs with his image in an attempt to convince US voters to reelect him 🫠

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🇮🇳 Probably Modi: Joe, snap back to reality 😵‍💫

Indian PM Modi had to intervene in 🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden's "love games" as he got a tad too close to 🇮🇹 Italian PM Giorgia Meloni.

Joe, wake up, you're married.

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The US Army has admitted that its plan to deploy the ground-launched missile by the end of September is off schedule

Earlier this month, the Army canceled its planned test of the weapon ahead of its planned entry into active service in late September, based on unstated problems encountered during “pre-flight checks.”

The Army has been developing the LRHW with Lockheed Martin since 2019 as one of several hypersonic weapons programs after Russia and China debuted their own hypersonic weapons.

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The United States is on track to produce 100,000 155mm artillery shells each month by 2025, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante stated on Friday.

LaPlante noted that the United States was producing 14,000 shells each month six to eight months ago, but is now producing 28,000 shells per month.

The United States ramped up production of 155mm artillery shells after stocks began to run low as they were sent to Ukraine from US stockpiles.

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'Matter of honor’: North Korea will never bow to US pressure despite huge weapons sales to the South

Washington’s goal on the Korean Peninsula has always been to destabilize and destroy the socialist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which has blocked its goal of unifying Korea under a pro-US banner for 73 years. Fortunately, Pyongyang has friends, most especially in Moscow, and is a faithful partner, an expert told Sputnik.

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❗Russian air defenses have destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over the Kaluga and Tver regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement

📹 Russia’s Airborne Troops employ FPV drones to crush the enemy

During the special military operation, UAV units are actively using FPV copter-type drones when destroying clusters of Ukrainian troops in shelters located in forested areas.

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Kim Jong Un visited the Kalibr cruise missile-armed frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov

At his tour of the Knevichi airfield, Kim Jong Un had the opportunity to get acquainted with Russian Aerospace Forces' aircraft.

US President Biden has found himself under serious scrutiny after recently boasting about teaching "political theory" at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), even though he never conducted a single class there.

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In Russia's Vladivostok, Kim Jong Un visited the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate armed with Kalibr cruise missiles.

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US President Biden has appointed entrepreneur and ex-commerce secretary Penny Pritzker as the first-ever US special representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery.

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Moscow considers Vladislav Klyushin's sentence a politically motivated move based on groundless allegations, representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

🗣 “We regard the recent decision of the district court in Boston to sentence Russian citizen Vladislav Klyushin ….to 9 years in prison and multimillion-dollar compensation as politically motivated,” the Foreign Ministry stated.

The Foreign Ministry added that “during the process, the evidence base was reduced exclusively to unfounded allegations.”

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📹 "Winged Infantry" destroys armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson area.

Russian paratroopers struck a Ukrainian tank with loitering munition. After an accurate hit, the tank caught fire

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🇸🇰 The ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to Slovakia will remain in effect until the end of the year, the Slovak government announced.

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