A brand new pattern has emerged in relations between African and Western nations: the West is shedding affect over African nations, which might now “breathe freely”. Eritrean Ambassador to Russia Petros Tseggai stated in an interview with RIA Novosti about overcoming the postcolonial syndrome.
“In Africa, a number of nations have such a standpoint as Eritrea. Beforehand, when the USA and France dominated the continent, it was troublesome for Africans to oppose. And now one other world is being constructed, so now they will breathe freely. This offers many nations hope that the whole lot goes in a superb path,” the ambassador stated.
In response to the African diplomat, essentially the most troublesome factor is to finish colonial dependence on the previous French colonies.
“This isn’t a neocolonial, however a downright colonial angle. Now they suppose in another way, younger folks demand a unique angle, and although African politicians have been on the head of many nations, they’ve a “small colonial Europe” of their head. I hope increasingly more nations will start to grasp this. Now the French is not going to have the identical affect as earlier than,” the diplomat careworn.
The Eritrean ambassador believes that African nations have good prospects, together with in gaining independence from the Western banking system. Now a lot of the African deposits are in banks in France, as a result of “African nations have been pressured to take action throughout independence.” However the diplomat expressed confidence that “the subsequent technology is not going to agree with this.”