THERE IS A GROWING SENTIMENT IN MANY LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE CIRCLES THAT THE SPECTER OF NUCLEAR WAR AND TRANSBORDER DISASTERS LIKE THE GREEHOUSE EFFECT HAVE RENDERE’D NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OBSOLETE! AS A RESULT, THRE IS NO DOUBT THAT GREATER RESTRAINTS ON THE SOVEREIGN POWER OF THE NATION-STATES OF THE NORTH ARE OVERDUE:MEANWHILE, THE ISSUE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN THE THIRD WORLD, NAMELY IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA, HAS TO BE SEEN IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT!ALTHOUGH ABUSES OF SOVEREIGNTY HAVE INDEED OCCURED WITH ONE THIRD NATION ASSULTING ANOTHER, DURING THE WESTERN SETTLEMENT PERIOD TILL NOW, THROUGH NEW SUBTILE TRENDS OF ECONOMIC COLONIZATION IN SOME AFRICAN NATIONS TODAY!
-MEANWHILE, FOR TWO DECADES BEGINNING IN THE EARLY SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES, THIRD WORLD PEOPLES AS A WHOLE, MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN FORTIFYING THEIR ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY: MOREOVER, THE HIGH POINT WAS PROBABLY THE PERIOD THAT SAW THE SUCCESSFUL ARAB OIL EMBARGO IN (1973),BACKED UP BY THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER AT THE (1974)!WE OUGHT TO TAKE INTO ACOUNT IN THE SAME TREND, (UN) SPECIAL SESSION, AND THE SUCCESSFUL MARCH OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS IN :MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA, GUINEA-BISSAU, ZIMBABWE,VIETNAM,LAOS,KAMPUCHEA, NICARAGUA, AND MANY MORE…
BUT IN THE EIGHTIES, HOWEVER, WE HAVE SEEN UNFORTUNATELY A SCHOCKING, EXTENSIVE SURRENDER OF ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY BY SCORES OF THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES:LEADING THE ASSAULT HAVE BEEN THE US COMMERCIAL BANKS AND THE’ INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF)!ALSO INSTRUMENTAL HAVE BEEN TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION, THE GROWING COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LABOR-SAVING MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, THE SYSTEMATIC BIAS OF THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM AGAINST PRIMARY PRODUCTS, AND AGRESSIVE PROTECTIONIST WESTERN GOVERNMENTS!
DOWN THE LINE,THE CONTROVERSY GOES ON WHEN ALMOST (14) AFRICAN FRENCH NATIONS KEEP ON PUTTING THEIR BANKS RESERVES IN (PARIS)(FRANCE): IN CONSEQUENCE, THER ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY OF THOSE(14) AFRICAN FRENCH NATIONS IS STILL AS STAKE IN AN INTERNATIONAL WORLD OF COMPETITION:THAT’S TO SAY CLEARLY:(« WHEN YOU CONTROL A SO CALLED AFRICAN LEADER’S THINKING, YOU DO NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HIS PERMANENT ACTIONS: HE WILL FIND HIS PROPER PLACE AND WILL STAY IN IT, WHEN TAKING THE MASSES ‘ WILL FOR GRANTED »)! THAT IS THE CASE OF (14) FRENCH AFRICAN NATIONS STILL USING AGAINST THEIR WILL, THE COLONIAL FRENCH CURRENCY LABELED AS (« FRANC CFA ») SINCE (1947) TILL TODAY!THEIR ARE ON A CONSPICUOUS REMOTE ECONOMIC SYSTEM CONTROL INDEED, NAMELY SOME NEW COLONIAL PUPPETS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM! WHEN WILL IT END?NOBODY KNOWS TOMORRROW, SOMEONE SAID IN HIS OWN WORDS!BUT THROUGH A COMMITTED STRUGGLE AND POLITICAL WILL IN THE DECADES TO COME INDEED…
-IN SHORT, THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IS STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LIGHT OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE WITH AN ECONOMIC GROWTH AROUND (6%) IN (2015)! BUT THE REAL CHALLENGE RESTS IN A GOOD LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT NOWADAYS! TIME WILL REALLY TELL…
(MEDIA MIRROR STAFF)