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Central African Republic’s President Faustin-Archange Touadera
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LEADERS from the world’s poorest nations condemned the treatment they receive from their rich counterparts during a United Nations summit in Doha, Qatar.
On Sunday at the UN Least Developed Countries (LDCs) meeting, which is held every 10 years, richer nations were urged to make good on their promises of aid to battle poverty and the impact of climate change.
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres followed up an attack he made a day earlier on the predatory interest rates imposed by international banks on poor states, saying there could be no more excuses for not providing aid.
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE
