MAKE SURE YOUR COUNTRIES PERFORM BETTER AND AFRICA WILL BE RESPECTED! FAITES EN SORTE QUE VOS PAYS AIENT DE MEILLEURES PERFORMANCES ET L’AFRIQUE SERA RESPECTÉE!
English version In Brussels, the Speaker of Gabon's National Assembly called for Africa to have a greater say in global decision-making. The cause is just. But respect is not won at the podium: it is earned through results. This week, Michel Régis Onanga Ndiaye sat in Brussels, behind the "Gabon" nameplate, at the second session of the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. There he defended an idea heard in almost every international forum: Africa must carry more weight in the decisions that affect it. No serious person will dispute the diagnosis. The continent is home to more than a billion people, yet it remains on the margins of the places where the world's finance, trade and security are decided. But an uncomfortable question arises: why would the rest of the world make more room for countries that are chronically in financial and social difficulty? Power follows performance Recent history leaves no room for doubt. China did not gain its current weight by dema...
