The commitment of African leaders remains the greatest obstacle to African renaissance and development. Consultation with citizens is also called for.
South Africa’s foreign policy is supposed to be guided by the principle of ubuntu (humanness), so a visit to an aggressor is hard to explain.
The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
A lack of principled consistency in solving conflicts makes Africa’s non-aligned position look like short-sighted opportunism.
Washington must overcome growing anti-west sentiment on the continent given the development alternative that China offers.
