Why is Africa turning away from the United States?

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Why is Africa turning away from the United States?

African creatives, problem solvers, and youth must pay careful attention to the changing dynamics between the West and Africa. The current trends indicate that Africa will move further and further away from the spheres of influence having the United States at the center. Old ways of relating and doing business with the African continent and its individual nations are quickly disappearing. Officials in the United States look upon Africans as people “in need of help” or people who “need to be told what to do”, and this is destroying relations between Africa and Washington, according to the former African Union representative to the US, Arikana Chihombori-Quao.

“The US needs to call a timeout and treat Africans with respect,” Chihombori told host Steve Clemons, adding that the US-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by the White House this week “will fail unless Americans see Africans as equals”.

Chihombori-Quao argues that pan-African unity is the only path for the continent to be less dependent on outside powers. Al Jazeera will smartly broadcasts these kinds of reporting whereas major U.S. news agencies resist giving voice to truths which tend to embarass and criticize U.S. national policy.

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Mechanical/Solar Engineer, Prof. Oku Singer

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