SINCE THE SEVENTIES, AFRICA IS EMERGING GRADUALLY WHEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LIGHT OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE SO AS TO WIPE AWAY FORMER STEREOTYPES WITHIN A SO CALLED INTERNATIONAL PROPAGANDA MACHINE, THAT HAD PORTRAYED AFRICA NEGATIVELYIN THE PAST TIMES! HOW MANY WESTERN INTERNATIONAL MASS MEDIA THAT CAN BE OPEN TO POINT OUT THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF AFRICA ?THAT’S THE RELEVANT QUESTION TODAY INTERNATIONALLY!
-(IN CONSEQUENCE, LET’S COME TO THE BASIS AND FACTS »):
AFRICA IS THE CRADLE OF MANKIND , HUGE RAW MATERIALS AND MINERALS EVER SINCE!FURTHERMORE, THE GULF OF GUINEA RANGES FROM WEST AFRICA TO CENTRAL AFRICA(THE BASIN OF CONFO) HAS GOT TODAY HALF OF THE HUGE ROIL RESOURCES(OFF SHORE) WORLDWIDE: IN SHORT, IT’S A HUGE ECONOMIC INTEREST AND A SO CALLED POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN USA AND THE EUROPEAN FORMER COLONIAL POWERS SUCH AS; FRANCE, ENGLAND ,EVEN « CANADA »..
-MOREOVER, USA HAS BUILT ONE OF THE GREATEST EMBASSY AND SATELITES FOR DIPLOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS IN « ABIDJAN » SINCE THE 2000S, TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN WEST AFRICA ECONOMICALLY AND DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING: AS A RESULT, IVORY COAST REMAINS USA CLOSE ALLY SINCE THE (60S)!AS A MATTER OF FACT, IVORY COAST IS ONE OF THE RICHEST FRENCH NATION IN WEST AFRICA SINCE THE (70S) AND ITS CAPITAL CITY (ABIDJAN) IS WELLKNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED METROPOLISES IN THE NEW AFRICA WITH AROUND (6 MILLIONS) INHABITANTS!
-(« ECONOMIC FOLLOW-UP OF THE IVORY COAST TODAY! »)
-TO MAKE AN ECONOMIC FOLLOW-UP TODAY, « IVORY COAST » REMAINS SINCE (1967), THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF « COCOA » WORLDWIE, BACKED UP BY « CRUDE OIL », »SUGAR », « COFFEE », FISHES, JUTE, IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA AS WELL! IN THE SAME TREND , THE COUNTRY IS A TREASURE OF HUGE OIL RESOURCES(OFF SHORE), GAS AND WORTHY MINERALS:(RAW RUBBER, IRON,GOLD AND DIAMONDS)ETC…
– BUT RIGHT NOW, THE CONTROVERSY GOES ON WHEN INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN LOANS IN « IVORY COAST » FROM THE (IMF) AND THE (WORLD BANK)SINCE HEAD OF STATE « ALLASSANE OUATTARA » IS IN POWER, HAS UNFORTUNATELY REACHED A SCALE OF IRONY AND SUBJUGATIION! IN THE SAME TREND, IN AFRICA AND THIRD WORLD, IT IS INDEED IRONIC THAT FOREIGN LOANS, ONCE REGARDED AS CONGENITAL TO ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, ULTIMATELY BECAME IN THE EIGHTIES THE INSTRUMENT FOR THE NEW POST INDEPENDENCE AFRICAN NATIONS SUBJUGATION, TO SOME EXTENT! IN THE MEANTIME, THE WHOLE OF AFRICA IS STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LIGHT OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN (2015), BECAUSE, « AFRICA », « INDIA » , « CHINA » ARE THE FUTURE, A PROMINENT FRENCH WRITER AND ECONOMIST (JJBOILOT) MADE IT CLEAR IN HIS LATEST BOOK TITLED(CHINDIAFRIQUE).
(YVES T BOUAZO)(CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR)(« IMAGE »: »DOWNTOWN « ABIDJAN »-CAPITAL CITY OF THE « IVORY COAST »)