The past 12 months were very intense on the African continent. Some very important elections stirred- up a whole lot of interests. Those interests went far more outside of the African borders for the simple fact that the outcome of each one of those elections defines the new frontiers of the shared zones of influence, which are being renegotiated between the old powers of the world ……………….. The case of Cameroun and Côte d’Ivoire by Jean-Paul Pougala - Translated from French by Therese Boua – North Carolina USA 12/24/2011 The past 12 months were very intense on the African continent. Some very important elections stirred- up a whole lot of interests. Those interests went far more outside of the African borders for the simple fact that the outcome of each one of those elections defines the new frontiers of the shared zones of influence, which are being renegotiated between the old powers of the world, the Western, and the new power, China. In quoting the ranking seen in Ukraine, one can freely state that in Cote d’Ivoire, in Zambia or in Liberia, the pro-westerner won the party. In Cameroun or in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is the pro- China who won. Since the African Independences about 50 years ago, in the logic of the cold war, African countries were all under one of the 2 banners, pro-western or pro–Soviet Union. With the fall of Berlin wall in 1989 and the consequent end of the cold war era, all Africa became, either by their own willing or by force, pro-western. The tandem, International Monetary Founds’ (IMF) and the World Bank took in fact power in Africa, deciding entirely or partially the economical, financial, social and even the judicial politics of most African countries. As a result of those 20-30 years of that kind of power in Africa, there is not in existence, a single country that succeeded thanks to their revenues coming straight from Washington DC. This brought about dissidences and rebellions from some countries against the ultraliberal IMF-World Bank, with one particularity: when it fails, only African leaders take the blame. They are re-baptized for the circumstance “African dictators” in order to divert attention from the real authorship of the failure: the western ultra liberalism. This tragic comedy continues to this day, since the same recipes are being prescribed to Greece, Portugal and to Italy, recipes which failed in Africa 20 years ago. More on shout-africa/top-story/opinion-should-africa-be-an-allied-of-the-west-or-china/
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 10:23:47 +0000
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