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African countries have no excuse for their failure, reckons Stanley Ochuko Omadogho
Is the surmised “exploitation” by Western countries a legitimate excuse for the economic disparity between Africa and the rest of the world?
Many in Africa opine it is a no-brainer, that their economies are simply succumbing to an interfering and overwhelming wind blowing from the West. They point to the laws of motion. An object with a defined trajectory can indeed be parried by an external force.
But when Africa complains about external influences holding the continent back – western manipulation to be precise – one can only reason: Which country isn’t battling with external influences? The US? Russia? Or China? In the end, the reaction of each country to the actions of others is what sorts out the men from the boys.
Action and reaction, Newton’s third law, is what you see playing out between the US and China, and between the…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
