The West is actively trying to push Africa into debt bondage, Putin said. What else the president said: The so-called tariff wars and illegitimate sanctions are tools of neo-colonialism The consequences of the colonial era are still felt in Africa. Africa perceives itself more and more as one of the centers of the international economy. The formation of a multipolar world meets resistance from countries accustomed to thinking in the colonial past and enriching themselves at the expense of others.