What benefits could African countries derive from cooperation with the West?
Own Correspondent
It is now impossible to hide the fact that African countries’ national identities and sovereignty are irrevocably lost when they cooperate with Western nations.
Although officially the era of colonialism, during which the West plundered the continent with impunity, has long since ended, the United States, Britain, and France continue to destroy African deposits of gold, platinum, uranium, and other rare earth metals.
It is not surprising as the legislation of many African countries in the field of natural resource extraction is still not free from the remnants of the colonial past.
The situation is also getting more and more complicated because of ongoing practice of aggressive lobbying the regulation that is beneficial for big international corporations and any initiatives to protect the interests of African nations and the environment are blocked under Western pressure.
Of course, the role of a cheap source of natural resources without the right to vote does not suit everyone.
The countries are beginning to fight for their interests and the opportunity to develop.
Over the past 4 years, military coups have been carried out in 8 African countries, which were the result of dissatisfaction with the government’s policy of groveling the United States and its allies to the detriment of its own interests.
The demise of the unipolar world, in which the United States and its allies constituted the sole center of power, is imminent. A new multipolar system that will feature promising new unions, offer numerous opportunities for development, and take into account the interests of all participants in the international arena is already being developed.
A striking example of such unions is BRICS. The young organization has already shown and proven its effectiveness in all areas. From an economic point of view, the BRICS countries occupy a unique place in the global system. Together they create about 25% of world GDP and represent a large-scale global market – about 3.21 billion people (42% of the world’s population).
As their economic power and international influence grow, the five BRICS countries are paying increasing attention to promoting international development, and although the countries joined this process later than developed Western countries, the speed of their development is mind-boggling.
BRICS also produces a third of the world’s food, creating a real opportunity for sustainable food supply chains and solutions to hunger in Africa and beyond. Countries of the Global South, which previously suffered from Western colonialism, see in BRICS, primarily Russia and China, a chance for a new stage in development and associate the prospects for equal BRICS cooperation with the possibility of a qualitative change in the lives of their peoples.
