Why Africa’s future will not be written in Manhattan

Why Africa’s future will not be written in Manhattan

Every September, Africa returns to New York with a familiar diplomatic portfolio: representation, debt relief, climate finance, reparations, development, security, and reform of the UN Security Council. Presidents speak, delegates applaud, resolutions pass, and communiques circulate. By the following General Assembly, many of the same demands have acquired newer language while retaining the same destination: nowhere. The disturbing pattern becomes easier to see when measured against the institut

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