Africa must be at the global table, not on the menu
To restore the UN’s eminent conflict management body to proper legitimacy, Africa must be granted a seat at the table
22 September 2024 - 00:00
During an official visit to the Netherlands in May 2023, Kenyan President William Ruto, addressing a dialogue on the then-upcoming Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, repeated the adage made famous by US senator Elizabeth Warren in 2014: “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you are probably on the menu.”..
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