President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is asking world leaders to work at bringing peace to the world.
Nana Akufo-Addo says the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia has had a devastating effect on African economies including Ghana.
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War which began in 2014. The invasion has killed tens of thousands on both sides. Russian forces have been responsible for mass civilian casualties and for torturing captured Ukrainian soldiers. By June 2022, about 8 million Ukrainians had been internally displaced. More than 8.2 million had fled the country by May 2023, becoming Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II. Extensive environmental damage, widely described as ecocide, contributed to food crises worldwide.
Prior to the invasion, Russian troops concentrated near Ukraine’s borders, as Russian officials denied plans to attack. Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in support of the Russian-backed breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, whose military forces were fighting Ukraine in the Donbas conflict, claiming the goal was to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine.
Putin espoused irredentist views, challenged Ukraine’s right to exist, and falsely claimed that Ukraine was governed by neo-Nazis persecuting the ethnic Russian minority
Speaking at the 2023 BRICS summit in South Africa, Nana Akufo-Addo says world peace is important for global development.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said we must renew our commitments to consolidate peace and democracy all over the world and brace ourselves to live in a new and more dangerous world today and in the future.
Nana Addo further stated that the issues of peace, progress, and prosperity in BRICS countries and Africa are deeply intertwined which presupposes that ensuring the development of Africa should be in our common interest.
Story by: Osei Akoto (Teacher Kojo) / Ahotoronline.com
