The Importance of Remembering the Uniqueness of African Countries
The president of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza, warned the western countries at the end of the Third African-Germany Forum that the rest of the world needs to stop viewing the continent of Africa as one big country. In the past, some countries have blamed all of Africa for one country’s leader’s mistakes, leading to a loss of aid, investments, and support for the entire continent.
Much like Europe or South America, African countries all have differences and problems, but not necessarily the same ones. However, when the other countries of the world see Africa as one giant country, whose total citizens are not worth supporting because of the actions of one country, the entire continent suffers.
The other African presidents in attendance – Festus Mogae of Botswana, Umaru Yar Adua of Nigeria, and Thomas Boni Yahi of Benin – were in agreement. They also supported Guebuza’s position that the African countries that are trying to make a difference, with democratic governments and efforts to stamp out poverty, should be supported. The only way to ensure this is through improved communication between Europe and the individual African countries.
To stress the point, Yar Adua made mention of the crisis in Zimbabwe. Yar Adua stated that the Europe-Africa summit scheduled for December should not be conditional on to whether or not Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, attended. This was a specific example of the western world viewing Africa like one giant country. While the leaders were in agreement that Mugabe’s rules and policies were not favorable, it would only be punishing the countries that had nothing to do with the crisis by canceling the summit.
The Africa-Germany Forum took place in Germany under the hosting of president Horst Koehler with the theme “The Challenges of Change – the African and German Response.” Over 45 representatives from both Africa and Germany attended.
Koehler does not believe that globalization has benefited Africa in the same way that it has other continents. Along similar lines, the endemic disease and persistent poverty were not entirely the fault of the African citizens, since many countries had shown willingness to improve and change economic conditions. If the rest of the world had increased aid to Africa, and/or purchased goods at a fair market value, Koehler believes that Africa would have exceeded its recent average growth rate.
Without changes in how the world views Africa, the whole global economy will continue to suffer, while the millions of African people will still suffer under crushing poverty.
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