These aren't 1940s geopolitics. USSR provided education, built infrastructure, provided food, and helped Africa shake off western imperialism. People who got education in Patrice Lumumba university in Russia are still alive today. Meanwhile, the west continues to oppress and colonize Africa today. That's why Africans are aligning with Russia. The fact that you don't understand this shows profound ignorance on your part just as does your framing of the war in Ukraine.