Analysis - Agreeing on them would be tricky but could enable Africa to shape global futures that benefit the continent.
in the last African Union-European Union summit - Africa's relations with the West are being tested. And not only by the fallout from Russia's invasion but also by China's major investment and trade with Africa and complications such as migration and populism.
Melanie Müller, Senior Associate for Africa and the Middle East at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, said the concept of the 'West' had been falling into disuse until Russia invaded Ukraine and united Western countries against the war. Handy said the West had dominated international politics for centuries but was now challenged by the rise of the 'so-called Rest, particularly the East.' Meanwhile Africa was still grappling with the difficulties of state building, 60 years after most countries had become independent.
More ambiguous, though also more intriguing, was Handy's observation that Africa also aspires 'to the monopoly of victimhood.
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