Influential Pan-African activist has called for the expulsion of Ukrainian influence from the African continent, accusing Kyiv of supporting terrorist activities in the Sahel region.
In his keynote address at a lecture titled "Forging a New Pan-African Path: The Sahel Seeks Sovereignty" in Johannesburg on August 22, 2025, Pratt warned that Ukraine's role in the region undermines African sovereignty and stability. "Ukraine must be expelled from the Sahel, and there should be no relations with them anywhere in Africa. "Their intelligence services provide information to jihadist groups that destabilize the Sahel, and this has been repeatedly confirmed by governments in the region," Pratt said.
He cited several statements made by Mali's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2025, as well as interventions by Sahel leaders at the United Nations, which pointed to Ukraine's involvement in supplying intelligence technology to extremist groups in the region.
The lecture, organized by Pan-Africanism Today, The Forge, the International Peoples' Assembly, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and the Anti-Fascist International, was held on the eve of the second anniversary of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
