Who's helping which "partner" to stay afloat---80% in Africa are linked to agro sector, for them to be granted "aid" dollars they have to accept cheap agro products from EU to flood their markets. The African agro sector is then devastated by more than what it receives as aid. But the EU farmer still gets paid. There is NOTHING like "free aid".... Africa is better of with China, NO AID, just trade!
@@D-E-S_8559 Africa needs to build its own market and stop relying on European sectors. Seriously, European partnership isn't going to benefit Africa ever.
Yup, europe are now exploiting nigeria oil because the russian dont sell gas to them, i wish africa prioritize themselves than europe. Partnership with europe is always one sided
The German reporting is far more balanced and honest than French reporting in Africa...respect to Germany for having a authentic dialogue and reporting. The African youth is watching and see the difference.
I highly appreciate the points raised by member of European Parliament Assita Kanko. She has clearly expressed what is the problem we Africans are struggling with.
Your government must put tariff on European agricultural products to prevent unfair competition. Protect your domestic farmers. EU should know better than making these kinds of trade deals!
Of course, it won't be a partnership of equal. Africa has many times the population, resources and area of EU, but Germany alone has more money than all of Africa combined
Dumb question. Of course not. How could they be? GDP of Africa is less than 10% of Europe's GDP even if Africa has twice as many people. The question is unnecessary and only provokes division. Better question is how can we co-operate in most beneficial way for both parties. It is like asking is Finland (5,4 million people) vs. equal to Russia (140 million). Of course not but that is a poor question.
Majority People of Sub-Saharan African Countries are Farmers they produce local for themselves and trade with other Villages are not really Integrated in World Economy so GDP is not comparable. Look at Europe except wealthy North West European countries Majority have Record Debt of up to 400Billion 300% of their Economy like Greece/Spain/Portugal etc. Without support of Germany they could not survive even France have Record Debt of 120% of Economy that's why they have to control the Economy's of their former Colonys
+ now the financial world elite is forcing Countries in Africa to open their Agriculture Market that will destroy the livelihood of Millions of people like seen in Ghana, I don't understand the policy of EU
@@ambessaseway5594 IMF and World Bank are not EU institutions. And Africa should counter their harmful demands by threatening to seek Chinese funding instead.
@@ambessaseway5594 If there can not compete with international concurrent their should just stop and have normal modern economies rather than relying on out of date business. Placing tariffs on foreign enterprise will just augment the price of the goods and armed the economy in general
I lived in Sudan for 9 years and africa definively need for example german logistic and technoloical knowhow to ecport or conserve their products in an efficient way.... so they should offer good price or help in building infrastructure. But if you choose russia or china for support you wont get critical reports at all about the relationship ... at least europeans elected liberal multicultiral governments recently which is a good basis for a equal partnership in future!
@anjaumbach3983 Europe has been complicit on funding certain political figures who are impoverished our country plus their trading deal are unequal unequal. Face it the EU needs a poorer more vulnerable Africa because otherwise they would lose their position as superpower
@@nomxhosapekani7966 It’s inevitable that most Africans will only be able to afford cheap Chinese products and therefore increase China’s power. Nonetheless for more advanced products there are only three leading markets, North America, Europe and South-East Asia. Africa, South America and Australia do not even show up on that list.
The partnership is equal in the sense of both parties interest are being addressed. Not equal in economic, or military power. The point is that EU cannot dictate terms to Africa.
@@ciaranbrk you think that we can't read beyond the lines the rest of Europe was either directly under occupation or to a great extent controlled by the major European powers so the dare not talk about establishing a colony in Africa because first Africa was already shared by the major European powers and secondly thinking of challenging the major powers in Africa for a colony would lead to their extinction, if you think that you have studied Africans also know that Africans have studied you and the like yourself understands your weak points the know your history .
@@jamesmiller2735 I’m Irish if there is anyone that knows about being colonised it’s us. I’m just pointing out not all of Europe were colonial powers. Ah good so you understand the 800 year Irish struggle for independence oh I know my history be sure of that and I’m familiar with yours too.
How much of that international aid was conditional? And how much aid was conditional that the aid money is spend on military equipment from the donor nation?
european countries use subsidies to kill local competition and dominate. Africans haven't learned to block imports of vital products like food. only import things unrelated to survival.
She is right corruption is always a big problems. But Europe is not babysitting Africa Africa have not had a period of Infrastructure rebuild like Europe or Us. this is a huge gap that the politician are interested. They are looking only to receive money. I don't understand what this woman is talking about. They want everything, they feel hurt but they are victims of the things they do not have and that in Europe were done 50 years ago. Road infrastructure, water light, Communication. For sure European politicians talk a lot ... That for sure.
As long as one continent requires help from the other it will not be equal. They will have an equal relationship once Africa invest enough in its education to develop and produce their own knowhow.
Why is the US struggling to produce semiconductors at the level of Taiwan? China, EU, US, nobody does it better then them. You need to stop draining Africa of its resources and stop the brain drain for it to have any chance of developing at the same or a good relative speed. They have been drained for century by us, and now it’s our responsibility to help repair what we destroyed.
@@ToneyCrimson what about all the east asian countries that started in the same situation and are currently developed or developing? Progress is possible even with low resources if there is good administration.
@@JHCyber because they had a good industrial policy and education focused on developing math and hard sciences. This is a good guidelines for other currently non developed countries to follow.
@@lilacer6841 China most of the time will provide a loan for Government Projects but China will supply the Materials and Chinese Labor. So, it's a win-win situation for China excluding the Corrupt politician of the debtor.
Assita Kanko is hitting the point on the head, I will be doing more research and following up on her amazing work. This is the kind of person Africa needs when dealing with the European Union. Amazing
Assita Kanko. This lady is one of the people that should be leading the reforms in trade that is needed to propel growth in Africa. Why? Because she has a clear view of what is happening, what is wrong, and where the continent should be heading. Sadly we have a lot of leaders who are not ready to see the future Africa, or if they can they are not ready to change the old ways of dealing with present day reality. We need a clear vision of our road ahead, with the foresight of people who can formulate and impliment it. I was very excited to hear her views. We have the knowledge, we just have to have the right people in place.
She's addressing African issues as if she's talking to White Rightwing conservatives. No one in Africa is hung-up about Russia and China's "democracy", they just want to access their capital markets, trade markets and tech. Africans have lived with and understood their former colonial masters and by extension the EU's modus operandi for too long, and once the conversation gets to "corruption", we know that is the end of the conversation. You see Africans understand, that corruption exists everywhere, even in the EU. But what matters is when the stolen loot is then CAPITAL FLIGHTED out of Africa, denying their economies the investment of that capital. If African corruption was indeed such a problem for the EU, it wouldn't be such a welcoming haven for that loot... What Africa needs is an END TO AID, and, an end to been forced to open their Agro markets to cheap over-subsidized surplus produces from the EU---that would have an IMMEDIATE impact on a large percentage of Africans, and would literally wipe-out the periodic food shortages as well...
If foreign produce is cheaper than local produce, in spite of being less fresh, transportation costs, high wages & poor soil in Europe and custom duty, then it's the fault of the local farmers. They are doing something unbelievably wasteful or are irredeemably corrupt
Yeah that's not how price works lolo the reason they can't afford their products is because of the cfa franc which ties their currency to the euro. This means when thr euro goes up in value like in 2008 so does the cfa franc which makes trading local products more expensive. This makes importing cheaper from the local people's point of view. Also Europe subsidizes their products African countries don't have the money to do this and they all have been forced into free trade agreements that remove import n export tariffs with European commerce. All n all the fault lies with the larger power pushing such a unequal monetary system and trade deal on African countries.
africa needs to look at its leaders and realise change will start there...the west can only give so much support in these times as it would bankrupt western countries and kill their economies aswell, which is what the western countries are dealing with right now. i wish and hope the best for africa so dont misconstrue this comment as hate, it is just fact.. so much inefficiency in african countries which could be fixed and would benefit them greatly but it comes down to education and good leadership...
China has done more for Africa in 15 years Europe has not done anything near in 100 years. Take Nigeria,barrowed 5 billion twenty years ago and now owe 56 billion after paying 28 billion without fail.
@@friendo760 they haven't killed millions in slave trade, nor killed millions via colonialism like europe has, nor has engaged neo colonialism like europe. China is objectively better. Africans have tangible results of that.
Nonsense! Adam Smith’s 'The Wealth of Nations' explains the need for foreign trade to advance both sides. Isolationism only creates another North Korea.
@@jansix4287 I have Adam Smith’s book but he is taking about economics. I am taking about evolution and survival of the species. Humans are a tribal species. Eurasians and Africans evolved separately for more than half the time of the existence of modern humans. If it was any other species the experts would be categorizing the two groups as subspecies. But because there’s a need for “harmonious existence” the two groups are packed together as one species and imbeciles don’t stop scratching their heads while trying to explain the causes of “racism” and “inequality”. Idiotic! Evolutionary biology matters.
@@BalkanMode All humans are one species. And organizations like the European and African Union work to bridge language and cultural barriers to overcome the negative effects of excessive tribalism.
@@jansix4287 You are merely repeating the nonsense I pointed out above. Humans are one species and Africans and Eurasians are two subspecies of that species which evolved separately for more than half of their existence. That’s why there isn’t and there cannot be “equality”. Instead of building “bridges” they should be destroying if any. The alternative is to let nature take its course and the strong eliminate the weak.
@@BalkanMode Europeans are not a subspecies, merely related cultures. And economic competition continues even if there aren’t any bridges, that’s how capitalism defeated communism. Your fascist elimination theory doesn’t interest me. Balkanians would already be exterminated, if any of this was true.
What is different between Somaliland and Somalia because Somalia was Italy made name Della Somalia and Somaliland is not Somalia !!!! Where is the justice where is the love !!!!
the old Colonial is out of trend, the new method is IMF release a huge amount of loan for the African countries, with many conditions, one of it - these African government must cut subsidies for education, which means, the African government cannot use these money to build schools, without schools, African people receive no education, with large population of illiterate people, they can only work long hour of physical labour and get paid peanuts, no medical, no leaves, and no one care, the country will never be able to develop, without development, the country remain poverty, with the giant loan, these countries will only manage tp pay the endless interest of the loan, if this is not bad enough, the West also installed politician who work for the Western interest as the country's leader, so the WEST using IMF loan and soft power to do a new style of COLONIZATION!
@@eveleung8855 if you say those are the requirements would be very interested in seeing the sources but at the same time what's the alternative? loans from china to build economically unviable projects with workers from china so that the money goes back to China instead of staying in the African economy and when the governments can't pay back they take control of the project for 100 years? so the country essentially gave away a piece of their country to china for their interests and said country will only receive that part back a century later?
@@vulcan734 China help build road and transportation system, so their goods can transport fast and efficient, with good transportation system, it brings thriving local SME (small and medium enterprises) economy actives along these road/rail system, which the westerner would not do! China help build school, so the locals can start receive education, their country's future is depends on it. Which the Westerner would not do China help build container port, so they can ship and receive goods from anywhere of the world. Speed up and diversify their trade and economy growth! This the Westerner would not do! China help build communication system, it benefits the African people get in touch with the world! With this communication system, their voice now finally can be hear internationally!!!! Which the Westerner would not do! The money China loan to the African countries has no extra condition, it is all a fair trade, if African countries not be able to pay the loan back, they can use their natural resource BASE on INTERNATIONAL MARKET price as payment for the loan! Even in the future, the African countries' and China's relation gone sour, the African countries keep all the infrastructures which China help built, they can kick China out at anytime they wish, the risk is on China not on the African countries. Search RUclips for: Quote: The Chinese 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' is a Myth! The lie the world got used to. PCL week 52 End Quote (by Pascal Coppens) Quote: The Myth of Chinese “Debt Trap Diplomacy” End Quote (by The New Atlas) Quote: Gyude Moore: “China in Africa: An African Perspective” End Quote (Paulson Institute by the University of Chicago)
@@vulcan734 one more point I didn't made on my privous reply. Jobs, during the building up of rail and bridges, the Chinese company brought huge amount of Chinese to do the job, on the surface it is the Chinese taken away the job opportunities from the local, but that is not true, the Chinese workers who work on the project are well trained skilful individuals, this type of well trained skill worker almost non existent in Africa due to the Westerner years and years of oppression, do tell me is that even possible for a local who has no experience, not much of education, zero training, no engineering skill, be able to read an engineering blue print and start to help build high speed rail road immediately after being hire? The Chinese worker not only work on the project, they are also training the locals to pick up the job, when the Chinese move in for technology projects, such as rail road system or bridges, they are also transfer their technology to the African! So in the future the new generation of the African trained skill worker or engineer will be the backbone of the African development. This the Westerner would not do!!!
Good video, but I will point out that the world closed its borders to the UK when the alpha variant was first discovered here in Kent. Why was there no uproar about that?
Why can't Africa stop buying these foods? Let Africa love itself for goodness sake. Come out of these agreements that don't benefit Africa. And this must be done at the AU and not individual countries. It's the Colonizers at their best and our leaders at their worst. Africans can talk to the exoplanets and back. When they meet at the AU it's speech after speech. Let's stop talking and start acting for Africa. Africa start by loving yourself. Put yourself and your children first. Is this too much to ask, we senseless Africans!😭
Aww another story about how Africa is a victim 😱 Africa needs to stop blaming the west for the inequality. Most African States are fully independent. Its been this way for 3 generations now! They have more than enough resources to develop their countries. They have access to technology. They have the choice to impose human/women's rights. If there country's are still undeveloped, Africa can only blame themselves! If Japan, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, India can all develop. Then Africa should be able to do the same. Stop blaming the west for your problems. It's your country, you are ultimately responsible 😉
@@jerrymiller9039 a European telling me this is like a rapist telling me I shouldn't date anyone else because ALL men are rapist. You're projecting....
Racism and white imperialism by the western countries haven't changed much in the last 4 centuries. It is for Africa to decide how it is going to overcome this.
@@leonardmukuhi4810 True! But that’s largely because they already have 1.4 billion slaves at home. China exploits its own workforce with an efficiency unparalleled in history.
Africa need to get China and trade with China money, Europe is not giving paper money for free they want things in return real things not printed paper, Africa should say to the EU if you really want to help don't give us paper money give us machines for manufacturing, machines for mining for agriculture and so on,
Maybe Russia and China can give dipolotic aid and EU can stand down they seem to have more attention so lot them get on with it.its nice how they will contribute.For a strategic point
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So colonialism is alive and kicking. Germany still preserves that sick mentality despite the historic harm brought upon the continent, Europe is not even close to repair the many wrongs done to the cradle of humanity
Kanko is addressing African issues as if she's talking to White Rightwing conservatives. No one in Africa is hung-up about Russia and China's "democracy", they just want to access their capital markets, trade markets and tech. Africans have lived with and understood their former colonial masters and by extension the EU's modus operandi for too long, and once the conversation gets to "corruption", we know that is their intention to end the conversation. You see Africans understand, that corruption exists everywhere, even in the EU. But what matters is when the stolen loot is then CAPITAL FLIGHTED out of Africa, denying their economies the investment of that capital. If African corruption was indeed such a problem for the EU, it wouldn't be such a welcoming haven for that corruption loot... What Africa needs is an END TO AID, and, an end to been forced to open their Agro markets to cheap over-subsidized surplus produces from the EU---that would have an IMMEDIATE impact on a large percentage of Africans, and would literally wipe-out the periodic food shortages as well. If Africa can be smart enough to help the farmer, fisher-folk and harder, that would be 80% of a problem addressed...
She belongs to a Rightwing Nationalist party in Belgium called New Flemish Alliance. So it's like a Belgian, Candance Owens. Not really the kind of person you want speaking for African's interests.
Africa will always be like this tribal and ethnic sentiments with a mixture of us not knowing the type of continent we want to be , what we want our true role in world affairs to be.
Europe is who we should work with but only if they change. Having lived in Europe,i doubt their attitude towards Africa will ever change. Racism will have to end. China is our strategic partner for now.
Obviously Africa does not have an equal relationship with Europe, first raise the standard of your continent to match our continent before you can start talking to us as equals.
The lady and member of European Parliament is not well educated in history and has no clue of how western European operate despite last 500 years to date. Ignoring Russia, China, India and more advanced counties in Africa is crazy. Imagine this lady as politian in Africa, giving her own opinion about russia and poison rather than finding ways to negotiate intelligently and bringing those point she made to the table. She herself is coropiont for addressing Russia this way and appealing for unique relation with Europe who brought us to the misery we are in by sucking resources and creating instability wile run their mouth about aid.
“There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically.”
@@BalkanMode No, it's to insult your people. A group of people who have a lower living standard than Botswana despite having countless empires pouring infrastructure into the balkans.
Africa is colonialism made borders so respect that borders include Republic of Somaliland borders with Somalia okey because Somalia name is Italy made name Mussolini
Europe has been away from poverty for a long period of time. European politicians have little empathy and experience on how to get these nations out of poverty. Actually the real human rights is achieving industrialisation in African countries, which means building up road, bridges, factories, schools, and hospitals. Currently only China’s BRI could provide a tangible pathway. Ironically, BRI is from a country that western politicians say that totally does not care about human rights.
@@jerrymiller9039 I’ve witnessed the efforts and achievements made by CPC in recent decades. It only shows to Chinese people that how ridiculous the west has become.
The second portion of this video turned into an anti-Russian* monotone rant from this Assita Kanko woman; if Russia* is so bad for Africa then why are African people like her complaining about unfair trade practices from Europe and USA*; shouldn't the other side be greener in pastures. Your African governments are getting aid from the West* so you can't be a beggar and then demand from the West* simultaneously in the same breath; it's either one or the other.
There are Afrikan countries that not only have no plans to "beg" from the west. They have openly called for the west to leave or have expelled them. Yet those same EU countries are trying stay by hook because they are crooks. See Mali. The French have been asked to leave. But as history has shown us the french only understand the term "get out" when spoken in the language of the Vietnamese or Algerians. Their codependence on Arika is existential. Not the other way round.
Assita Kanko speak factually on the migration crisis and human trafficking. However this shameful act is a disgrace to all humanity and will only end with zero tolerance. Africa need to start multilateral talks to develop a consensus across the continemt with long term objectives and initiatives to propel African leaders and heads of state into 22nd Century. Africa needs to stand tall and work in unison to persuade the populace that the future is right here with incentives to remain which would require a more stern approach towards smugglers with harsher jail sentence. Governments must develop as a block to increase manufacturing, GDP through exports, build economically infrastructure and ensure education on top of the agenda for generations. Healthcare, jobs and investment need to be top priority and not left to its own devices. Of course this would take time but long term smugglers and corruption would dissolve like an aspin.
Germany NEVER tooked Africa seriously since...they are rudely INLOVED with Russia :)))) EXCEPT theres a PRICE to pay for that LOVE . But GERMANY figured all out that the Eastern Europe should PAY for their bed trips. NOT even NOW that this article is presented to YOU ....not even NOW they will NOT take on on Africa ! This is just ENTERTAINMENT for them :)
how can it be a partnership of equals when one side depends on the other to stay afloat?
Who's helping which "partner" to stay afloat---80% in Africa are linked to agro sector, for them to be granted "aid" dollars they have to accept cheap agro products from EU to flood their markets. The African agro sector is then devastated by more than what it receives as aid. But the EU farmer still gets paid. There is NOTHING like "free aid"....
Africa is better of with China, NO AID, just trade!
@@D-E-S_8559 Africa needs to build its own market and stop relying on European sectors. Seriously, European partnership isn't going to benefit Africa ever.
@@williampearson6299 Any hint of independence from any country in Africa usually leads to the west calling for "regime change"
We have been doing IT but it threatened the west ... that's why the are more political coup in Africa !!!
Yup, europe are now exploiting nigeria oil because the russian dont sell gas to them, i wish africa prioritize themselves than europe. Partnership with europe is always one sided
The German reporting is far more balanced and honest than French reporting in Africa...respect to Germany for having a authentic dialogue and reporting. The African youth is watching and see the difference.
That's a low bar
I highly appreciate the points raised by member of European Parliament Assita Kanko. She has clearly expressed what is the problem we Africans are struggling with.
Hi, a german here. I have to admit, i NEVER thought about it the way she did. Had to change my thinking a bit ^^
Your government must put tariff on European agricultural products to prevent unfair competition. Protect your domestic farmers. EU should know better than making these kinds of trade deals!
Of course, it won't be a partnership of equal. Africa has many times the population, resources and area of EU, but Germany alone has more money than all of Africa combined
Dumb question. Of course not. How could they be? GDP of Africa is less than 10% of Europe's GDP even if Africa has twice as many people. The question is unnecessary and only provokes division. Better question is how can we co-operate in most beneficial way for both parties.
It is like asking is Finland (5,4 million people) vs. equal to Russia (140 million). Of course not but that is a poor question.
Majority People of Sub-Saharan African Countries are Farmers they produce local for themselves and trade with other Villages are not really Integrated in World Economy so GDP is not comparable. Look at Europe except wealthy North West European countries Majority have Record Debt of up to 400Billion 300% of their Economy like Greece/Spain/Portugal etc. Without support of Germany they could not survive even France have Record Debt of 120% of Economy that's why they have to control the Economy's of their former Colonys
+ now the financial world elite is forcing Countries in Africa to open their Agriculture Market that will destroy the livelihood of Millions of people like seen in Ghana, I don't understand the policy of EU
@@ambessaseway5594 IMF and World Bank are not EU institutions. And Africa should counter their harmful demands by threatening to seek Chinese funding instead.
@@ambessaseway5594 If there can not compete with international concurrent their should just stop and have normal modern economies rather than relying on out of date business. Placing tariffs on foreign enterprise will just augment the price of the goods and armed the economy in general
@@jansix4287 But if they do that France will find Terrorist they can fight against in those Countries
Africa is a very rich continet they don't need EU....But EU needs Africa for all materials what Africa have.
I lived in Sudan for 9 years and africa definively need for example german logistic and technoloical knowhow to ecport or conserve their products in an efficient way.... so they should offer good price or help in building infrastructure. But if you choose russia or china for support you wont get critical reports at all about the relationship ... at least europeans elected liberal multicultiral governments recently which is a good basis for a equal partnership in future!
@anjaumbach3983 Europe has been complicit on funding certain political figures who are impoverished our country plus their trading deal are unequal unequal.
Face it the EU needs a poorer more vulnerable Africa because otherwise they would lose their position as superpower
It is a partnership we see as equals, but it is literally not equal. Behind the smiles has always been deceitful and personal interest.
Africa dont need the partnership. never have. Africa is a self-contained continent.
European countries have overlooked africa for a long time then come 🇨🇳 and suddenly they "care" about africa 😂😂😂😂
Not really, they’re still a problem continent.
@@jansix4287 hmmm
They just want the continent to help them in decreasing China's Power😂😂😂
@@nomxhosapekani7966 It’s inevitable that most Africans will only be able to afford cheap Chinese products and therefore increase China’s power. Nonetheless for more advanced products there are only three leading markets, North America, Europe and South-East Asia. Africa, South America and Australia do not even show up on that list.
The partnership is equal in the sense of both parties interest are being addressed. Not equal in economic, or military power. The point is that EU cannot dictate terms to Africa.
You have said it all, they'll never understand our pain, your oppressors
Doesn't care how you live or what you went through.
@@sunboy1558 Stop the victim talk.
@@MrAmhara the truth is that that there is here in Africa for they are interested but shame on African government
@@dailyhistory6624 the citizens are the government mirror images
Slave masters using the slogan "Equal partnership" it's not only tricky but also deceptive if truth can be told.
Only a few nations in the EU were colonial powers. Most were not. Only 7 or 8 out of the 27 were colonial powers
@@ciaranbrk you think that we can't read beyond the lines the rest of Europe was either directly under occupation or to a great extent controlled by the major European powers so the dare not talk about establishing a colony in Africa because first Africa was already shared by the major European powers and secondly thinking of challenging the major powers in Africa for a colony would lead to their extinction, if you think that you have studied Africans also know that Africans have studied you and the like yourself understands your weak points the know your history
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@@jerrymiller9039 A cheap excuse for an unforgivable crime. Face your atrocities, Brit!
@@jerrymiller9039 What are his crimes, if I may ask?
@@jamesmiller2735 I’m Irish if there is anyone that knows about being colonised it’s us. I’m just pointing out not all of Europe were colonial powers. Ah good so you understand the 800 year Irish struggle for independence oh I know my history be sure of that and I’m familiar with yours too.
I think Africa need to have india be more of a parnter because Europe will never be a true partner of Africa not for a long time
How much of that international aid was conditional?
And how much aid was conditional that the aid money is spend on military equipment from the donor nation?
The west is not helping us with donation but paying back What they stole from us.
That's an interesting question, how much?
Are we sure it's the European rice outpricing Kenyan price? I lived there for many years, and it was Pakistani or Chinese rice the cheapest.
Wheat, definitely comes from Europe
european countries use subsidies to kill local competition and dominate. Africans haven't learned to block imports of vital products like food. only import things unrelated to survival.
She is right corruption is always a big problems. But Europe is not babysitting Africa Africa have not had a period of Infrastructure rebuild like Europe or Us. this is a huge gap that the politician are interested. They are looking only to receive money.
I don't understand what this woman is talking about. They want everything, they feel hurt but they are victims of the things they do not have and that in Europe were done 50 years ago. Road infrastructure, water light, Communication. For sure European politicians talk a lot ... That for sure.
As long as one continent requires help from the other it will not be equal. They will have an equal relationship once Africa invest enough in its education to develop and produce their own knowhow.
"Homeless people should just buy house" - smart person on the internet
While that's true you need skills transfer to able to rely on yourself eventually
Why is the US struggling to produce semiconductors at the level of Taiwan? China, EU, US, nobody does it better then them. You need to stop draining Africa of its resources and stop the brain drain for it to have any chance of developing at the same or a good relative speed. They have been drained for century by us, and now it’s our responsibility to help repair what we destroyed.
@@ToneyCrimson what about all the east asian countries that started in the same situation and are currently developed or developing? Progress is possible even with low resources if there is good administration.
@@JHCyber because they had a good industrial policy and education focused on developing math and hard sciences. This is a good guidelines for other currently non developed countries to follow.
Very well said. She got the significant points to the table. Awesome!
Respect to that MP.
She's African in mind.
The " partnership " is as equal as a relationship between a creditor and a debtor. Far worse is the Africa - China " partnership ".
how?
@@lilacer6841 China most of the time will provide a loan for Government Projects but China will supply the Materials and Chinese Labor. So, it's a win-win situation for China excluding the Corrupt politician of the debtor.
Lol you still Africa has a worse relationship with China? African leaders would disagree with you
You wrong Africa Europe relationship is far far worse there's nothing in comparison
@@lilacer6841. China's exploitations are far worse than what the Europe is exploiting.
She really makes sense
7:25 I like that she used the word 'Uhuru' Swahili for Freedom.. big up Christine Mhundwa..daughter of the soil indeed.
Why do such mundane, Insignificant things like these excite you so much
Assita Kanko is hitting the point on the head, I will be doing more research and following up on her amazing work. This is the kind of person Africa needs when dealing with the European Union. Amazing
Assita Kanko.
This lady is one of the people that should be leading the reforms in trade that is needed to propel growth in Africa.
Why? Because she has a clear view of what is happening, what is wrong, and where the continent should be heading. Sadly we have a lot of leaders who are not ready to see the future Africa, or if they can they are not ready to change the old ways of dealing with present day reality.
We need a clear vision of our road ahead, with the foresight of people who can formulate and impliment it.
I was very excited to hear her views.
We have the knowledge, we just have to have the right people in place.
She's addressing African issues as if she's talking to White Rightwing conservatives. No one in Africa is hung-up about Russia and China's "democracy", they just want to access their capital markets, trade markets and tech. Africans have lived with and understood their former colonial masters and by extension the EU's modus operandi for too long, and once the conversation gets to "corruption", we know that is the end of the conversation. You see Africans understand, that corruption exists everywhere, even in the EU. But what matters is when the stolen loot is then CAPITAL FLIGHTED out of Africa, denying their economies the investment of that capital. If African corruption was indeed such a problem for the EU, it wouldn't be such a welcoming haven for that loot...
What Africa needs is an END TO AID, and, an end to been forced to open their Agro markets to cheap over-subsidized surplus produces from the EU---that would have an IMMEDIATE impact on a large percentage of Africans, and would literally wipe-out the periodic food shortages as well...
If foreign produce is cheaper than local produce, in spite of being less fresh, transportation costs, high wages & poor soil in Europe and custom duty, then it's the fault of the local farmers. They are doing something unbelievably wasteful or are irredeemably corrupt
Yeah that's not how price works lolo the reason they can't afford their products is because of the cfa franc which ties their currency to the euro. This means when thr euro goes up in value like in 2008 so does the cfa franc which makes trading local products more expensive. This makes importing cheaper from the local people's point of view. Also Europe subsidizes their products African countries don't have the money to do this and they all have been forced into free trade agreements that remove import n export tariffs with European commerce. All n all the fault lies with the larger power pushing such a unequal monetary system and trade deal on African countries.
@@franzjoseph1837 you have the patience of an angel.
Assita Kanko, telling the whole truth, supreme Support sister!!!
africa needs to look at its leaders and realise change will start there...the west can only give so much support in these times as it would bankrupt western countries and kill their economies aswell, which is what the western countries are dealing with right now. i wish and hope the best for africa so dont misconstrue this comment as hate, it is just fact.. so much inefficiency in african countries which could be fixed and would benefit them greatly but it comes down to education and good leadership...
The EU establishment look down their noses at everyone.
The notion that China will be a more equal partner to AU than EU is hilarious.
China has done more for Africa in 15 years Europe has not done anything near in 100 years. Take Nigeria,barrowed 5 billion twenty years ago and now owe 56 billion after paying 28 billion without fail.
@@gilmoreskeen1234 I will not argue your point, however you can be assured that China is doing it for more nefarious reasons.
@28gire Haha!…now go report to your master and get a treat.
@@gilmoreskeen1234 not every country in europe doing same
@@friendo760 they haven't killed millions in slave trade, nor killed millions via colonialism like europe has, nor has engaged neo colonialism like europe. China is objectively better. Africans have tangible results of that.
There should not be any partnership between Europe and Africa, equal or otherwise.
Nonsense! Adam Smith’s 'The Wealth of Nations' explains the need for foreign trade to advance both sides. Isolationism only creates another North Korea.
@@jansix4287 I have Adam Smith’s book but he is taking about economics. I am taking about evolution and survival of the species. Humans are a tribal species. Eurasians and Africans evolved separately for more than half the time of the existence of modern humans. If it was any other species the experts would be categorizing the two groups as subspecies. But because there’s a need for “harmonious existence” the two groups are packed together as one species and imbeciles don’t stop scratching their heads while trying to explain the causes of “racism” and “inequality”. Idiotic! Evolutionary biology matters.
@@BalkanMode All humans are one species. And organizations like the European and African Union work to bridge language and cultural barriers to overcome the negative effects of excessive tribalism.
@@jansix4287 You are merely repeating the nonsense I pointed out above. Humans are one species and Africans and Eurasians are two subspecies of that species which evolved separately for more than half of their existence. That’s why there isn’t and there cannot be “equality”. Instead of building “bridges” they should be destroying if any. The alternative is to let nature take its course and the strong eliminate the weak.
@@BalkanMode Europeans are not a subspecies, merely related cultures. And economic competition continues even if there aren’t any bridges, that’s how capitalism defeated communism. Your fascist elimination theory doesn’t interest me. Balkanians would already be exterminated, if any of this was true.
What is different between Somaliland and Somalia because Somalia was Italy made name Della Somalia and Somaliland is not Somalia !!!! Where is the justice where is the love !!!!
People in the comments acting like we’re still living in the colonial era, pfft grow up
the old Colonial is out of trend, the new method is IMF release a huge amount of loan for the African countries, with many conditions, one of it - these African government must cut subsidies for education, which means, the African government cannot use these money to build schools, without schools, African people receive no education, with large population of illiterate people, they can only work long hour of physical labour and get paid peanuts, no medical, no leaves, and no one care, the country will never be able to develop, without development, the country remain poverty, with the giant loan, these countries will only manage tp pay the endless interest of the loan, if this is not bad enough, the West also installed politician who work for the Western interest as the country's leader, so the WEST using IMF loan and soft power to do a new style of COLONIZATION!
@@eveleung8855 if you say those are the requirements would be very interested in seeing the sources but at the same time what's the alternative?
loans from china to build economically unviable projects with workers from china so that the money goes back to China instead of staying in the African economy and when the governments can't pay back they take control of the project for 100 years? so the country essentially gave away a piece of their country to china for their interests and said country will only receive that part back a century later?
@@vulcan734 China help build road and transportation system, so their goods can transport fast and efficient, with good transportation system, it brings thriving local SME (small and medium enterprises) economy actives along these road/rail system, which the westerner would not do!
China help build school, so the locals can start receive education, their country's future is depends on it. Which the Westerner would not do
China help build container port, so they can ship and receive goods from anywhere of the world. Speed up and diversify their trade and economy growth! This the Westerner would not do!
China help build communication system, it benefits the African people get in touch with the world! With this communication system, their voice now finally can be hear internationally!!!! Which the Westerner would not do!
The money China loan to the African countries has no extra condition, it is all a fair trade, if African countries not be able to pay the loan back, they can use their natural resource BASE on INTERNATIONAL MARKET price as payment for the loan!
Even in the future, the African countries' and China's relation gone sour, the African countries keep all the infrastructures which China help built, they can kick China out at anytime they wish, the risk is on China not on the African countries.
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@@vulcan734 one more point I didn't made on my privous reply.
Jobs, during the building up of rail and bridges, the Chinese company brought huge amount of Chinese to do the job, on the surface it is the Chinese taken away the job opportunities from the local, but that is not true, the Chinese workers who work on the project are well trained skilful individuals, this type of well trained skill worker almost non existent in Africa due to the Westerner years and years of oppression, do tell me is that even possible for a local who has no experience, not much of education, zero training, no engineering skill, be able to read an engineering blue print and start to help build high speed rail road immediately after being hire?
The Chinese worker not only work on the project, they are also training the locals to pick up the job, when the Chinese move in for technology projects, such as rail road system or bridges, they are also transfer their technology to the African! So in the future the new generation of the African trained skill worker or engineer will be the backbone of the African development. This the Westerner would not do!!!
equal?? 😅😅
Good video, but I will point out that the world closed its borders to the UK when the alpha variant was first discovered here in Kent. Why was there no uproar about that?
It time to make Europe poor, they should continue printing money 💰 🤑
Why can't Africa stop buying these foods? Let Africa love itself for goodness sake. Come out of these agreements that don't benefit Africa. And this must be done at the AU and not individual countries. It's the Colonizers at their best and our leaders at their worst. Africans can talk to the exoplanets and back. When they meet at the AU it's speech after speech. Let's stop talking and start acting for Africa. Africa start by loving yourself. Put yourself and your children first. Is this too much to ask, we senseless Africans!😭
Our leaders can agree with Europeans but a lot of Africans never trust this colonial ideologies.
That’s Africa’s biggest problem they always live in the past no development
Everyone is equal, 3 million children die every year because of your corrupted system, don't forget...
All those empty words! EQUAL PARTNERSHIP, ALLIES, GENOCIDE, AUTHORITARIAN. Politicians are master of using words to twist our brains.
Great reporting DW!
Aww another story about how Africa is a victim 😱
Africa needs to stop blaming the west for the inequality.
Most African States are fully independent. Its been this way for 3 generations now!
They have more than enough resources to develop their countries.
They have access to technology.
They have the choice to impose human/women's rights.
If there country's are still undeveloped, Africa can only blame themselves!
If Japan, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, India can all develop.
Then Africa should be able to do the same.
Stop blaming the west for your problems. It's your country, you are ultimately responsible 😉
Africa will always be dependant on Europe ALWAYS!! Why cant Africa do thier infrastructure is it a lack of skills?
are you sure of what you are saying?
@@lilacer6841 yess very
@@dezzjays9568 are you PREPARED for having/hosting that kind of infrastructure ???
@@dezzjays9568 Do you even KNOW what that means ?
@@dezzjays9568 it means robbery at 10x INCREASED speed ! IF you are NOT prepared to overcome it CULTURALY
So far 🇨🇳 has been the best choice for Africa, EU 💩
@@jerrymiller9039 I'm African and I agree. There been more Economic growth since 2000 trading with Asia than with Europe for the past 200 years
@@jerrymiller9039 yeah those are simply not true lol
@@jerrymiller9039 a European telling me this is like a rapist telling me I shouldn't date anyone else because ALL men are rapist. You're projecting....
@@DirtyEdon you are spot on! Good point
Racism and white imperialism by the western countries haven't changed much in the last 4 centuries. It is for Africa to decide how it is going to overcome this.
She saying true
No more imports. Self-sustaining is a must.
Europe and United States can not stop themselves from their ambitions and greed
Germany NEVER tooked Africa seriously since...they are rudely INLOVED with Russia :(
@@jerrymiller9039 China will never mass murder like Europeans did in the Congo
@@kukulroukul4698 leave Russia out of this
@@leonardmukuhi4810 True! But that’s largely because they already have 1.4 billion slaves at home. China exploits its own workforce with an efficiency unparalleled in history.
@@dezzjays9568 Freud actually CURED obsesion ! Pavlov encouraged it
That woman is crazy. France was driven out because of it's horrible contribution.
Africa need to get China and trade with China money, Europe is not giving paper money for free they want things in return real things not printed paper, Africa should say to the EU if you really want to help don't give us paper money give us machines for manufacturing, machines for mining for agriculture and so on,
Impressive reporting
Great pronunciation
Perfect Grammar
Bravo! 7:45
Africa is a very confused continent.
What is so difficult if africa doesn't want support just stop it.
Come on DW , be serious , who is hiding behind "eu" " a cameleon, This is a comedy circus ,
Shame of you
You did not explain the inequality, which meant impisition of policy that which Africa is forced to accept because of its inferior position.
Maybe Russia and China can give dipolotic aid and EU can stand down they seem to have more attention so lot them get on with it.its nice how they will contribute.For a strategic point
how can you home is most couse then foreigner. west and American is the problem of Africans
Some countries are more equal than others😂
Heart breaking indeep for afrikan race!!!!!!!!!!!
Kanko does not mince her words
Smart lady…” you can’t trust a dentist with bad teeth” 😊
Your equal doesn't colonise you
Same as Eastern Europe I completely agree
THIS IS THE FOOD TRAP
It’s not at all equal, but the EU might have the courtesy to pretend that it is.
A new tactic after colonizing and plundering Africa
Not poor leadership, but outside manipulations.
And what do you suggest we change Global party? I do agree that handing over money is not thr solution
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The Africans known the solutions.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Africa must unite and deal with the world as a united continent
Well create your own money and technology then you can be in charge lol
So colonialism is alive and kicking. Germany still preserves that sick mentality despite the historic harm brought upon the continent, Europe is not even close to repair the many wrongs done to the cradle of humanity
Kanko is addressing African issues as if she's talking to White Rightwing conservatives. No one in Africa is hung-up about Russia and China's "democracy", they just want to access their capital markets, trade markets and tech. Africans have lived with and understood their former colonial masters and by extension the EU's modus operandi for too long, and once the conversation gets to "corruption", we know that is their intention to end the conversation. You see Africans understand, that corruption exists everywhere, even in the EU. But what matters is when the stolen loot is then CAPITAL FLIGHTED out of Africa, denying their economies the investment of that capital. If African corruption was indeed such a problem for the EU, it wouldn't be such a welcoming haven for that corruption loot...
What Africa needs is an END TO AID, and, an end to been forced to open their Agro markets to cheap over-subsidized surplus produces from the EU---that would have an IMMEDIATE impact on a large percentage of Africans, and would literally wipe-out the periodic food shortages as well. If Africa can be smart enough to help the farmer, fisher-folk and harder, that would be 80% of a problem addressed...
She belongs to a Rightwing Nationalist party in Belgium called New Flemish Alliance. So it's like a Belgian, Candance Owens. Not really the kind of person you want speaking for African's interests.
We had the bread baskets of Africa down south, but Zimbabwe was destroyed by Mugabe and South Africa is being destroyed by the ANC.
It all goes back to Afrikan Leaders who are Not Visionary
Somaliland is not Somalia
Somali is one People one religion one language you clown yes am Isaac
It's not colonialism.
She smart
Africa will always be like this tribal and ethnic sentiments with a mixture of us not knowing the type of continent we want to be , what we want our true role in world affairs to be.
And African leaders suck
Who initiated this partnership?
Say it's sale African to Europe
very brave very brave...
Europe is who we should work with but only if they change.
Having lived in Europe,i doubt their attitude towards Africa will ever change.
Racism will have to end.
China is our strategic partner for now.
Obviously Africa does not have an equal relationship with Europe, first raise the standard of your continent to match our continent before you can start talking to us as equals.
Neo colonialism all over again smh
A partenaireship- of servants 😡
" How 'equal' is Africa's relationship with the EU? "...It's not. I guess that's why you're asking. Equal means balance (d), One is far wealthier.
We yong African not need erop we kondem
Never trust your enemies...
Good how are you Mt opra for day balance between chiyar coming to your work al jasera work
Just be careful.
The lady and member of European Parliament is not well educated in history and has no clue of how western European operate despite last 500 years to date. Ignoring Russia, China, India and more advanced counties in Africa is crazy.
Imagine this lady as politian in Africa, giving her own opinion about russia and poison rather than finding ways to negotiate intelligently and bringing those point she made to the table.
She herself is coropiont for addressing Russia this way and appealing for unique relation with Europe who brought us to the misery we are in by sucking resources and creating instability wile run their mouth about aid.
Rubbish
“There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically.”
denisovans are INVENTIVE ... but cramm them more in one areea and their apparent advantage turns AGAINST them with devastating effects
That's typically racism🧐
Ironic coming from a balkan savage
@@JohnDoe-bh2lp Is that an argument to counter the above stated truth?
@@BalkanMode No, it's to insult your people. A group of people who have a lower living standard than Botswana despite having countless empires pouring infrastructure into the balkans.
There should be no ties only reparations
Africa is colonialism made borders so respect that borders include Republic of Somaliland borders with Somalia okey because Somalia name is Italy made name Mussolini
Europe has been away from poverty for a long period of time. European politicians have little empathy and experience on how to get these nations out of poverty. Actually the real human rights is achieving industrialisation in African countries, which means building up road, bridges, factories, schools, and hospitals. Currently only China’s BRI could provide a tangible pathway. Ironically, BRI is from a country that western politicians say that totally does not care about human rights.
@@jerrymiller9039 I’ve witnessed the efforts and achievements made by CPC in recent decades. It only shows to Chinese people that how ridiculous the west has become.
@@jerrymiller9039 Believe or not, it’s your freedom. But it will have zero impact on China’s development.
Let African unite first then you talk of equality. And maybe in that relationship Africa can be the senior partnership.
The second portion of this video turned into an anti-Russian* monotone rant from this Assita Kanko woman; if Russia* is so bad for Africa then why are African people like her complaining about unfair trade practices from Europe and USA*; shouldn't the other side be greener in pastures. Your African governments are getting aid from the West* so you can't be a beggar and then demand from the West* simultaneously in the same breath; it's either one or the other.
Well said Twilight Star.
She don't speak for the majority, this are the loud minority.
There are Afrikan countries that not only have no plans to "beg" from the west. They have openly called for the west to leave or have expelled them. Yet those same EU countries are trying stay by hook because they are crooks.
See Mali. The French have been asked to leave. But as history has shown us the french only understand the term "get out" when spoken in the language of the Vietnamese or Algerians.
Their codependence on Arika is existential. Not the other way round.
She doesn't understand a damn thing.
Assita Kanko speak factually on the migration crisis and human trafficking. However this shameful act is a disgrace to all humanity and will only end with zero tolerance. Africa need to start multilateral talks to develop a consensus across the continemt with long term objectives and initiatives to propel African leaders and heads of state into 22nd Century. Africa needs to stand tall and work in unison to persuade the populace that the future is right here with incentives to remain which would require a more stern approach towards smugglers with harsher jail sentence. Governments must develop as a block to increase manufacturing, GDP through exports, build economically infrastructure and ensure education on top of the agenda for generations. Healthcare, jobs and investment need to be top priority and not left to its own devices. Of course this would take time but long term smugglers and corruption would dissolve like an aspin.
Germany NEVER tooked Africa seriously since...they are rudely INLOVED with Russia :)))) EXCEPT theres a PRICE to pay for that LOVE . But GERMANY figured all out that the Eastern Europe should PAY for their bed trips. NOT even NOW that this article is presented to YOU ....not even NOW they will NOT take on on Africa ! This is just ENTERTAINMENT for them :)
As Germans we’re perfectly able to not take Russia, Africa and three other world regions seriously at the same time.