{"id":53847,"date":"2025-04-12T19:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T19:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/africa-must-unite-or-be-torn-apart-by-foreign-powers-nduhungirehe\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:54:50","slug":"africa-must-unite-or-be-torn-apart-by-foreign-powers-nduhungirehe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/africa-must-unite-or-be-torn-apart-by-foreign-powers-nduhungirehe\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa must unite or be torn apart by foreign powers- Nduhungirehe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking at the international diplomacy forum underway in Antalya, Turkey, Nduhungirehe highlighted Africa as the continent with the richest natural resources and a youthful population that could drive sustainable development.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have countries that are inexplicably poor, yet we are a rich continent. We have youth, with a majority under 18. I believe that by 2050, one-third of the world\u2019s youth will be African,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that persistent conflicts continue to hinder Africa\u2019s development and are often rooted in poor governance, lack of job opportunities for youth, and discrimination.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you know, the root causes of conflict on this continent are the same, bad governance, lack of opportunities for young people, youth unemployment, and discrimination. We must solve these problems now, because if we don\u2019t, they\u2019ll return in five or ten years,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

Nduhungirehe explained that many of these conflicts have their origins in colonial-era borders and stressed the importance of regional cooperation to resolve them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have committed to working together, investing, adding value to what we produce, and reaping the benefits of our collaboration.\u201d He warned that without such cooperation, external forces, intent on keeping African countries dependent, will succeed in dividing the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise, there are indeed external forces that want to turn Africa into a battleground, dividing us from all sides so we remain dependent, instead of self-reliant.\u201d<\/p>\n

The minister stated that it is up to African nations to recognize the wealth they possess and facilitate movement and trade through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).<\/p>\n

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, is convinced that Africa must address the root causes of its conflicts and foster unity in order to overcome external forces working to tear the continent apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000085522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000085522,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-559.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-559.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-559.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-559.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-559.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-559.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000085522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53847"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53847"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}