“With a growing choice of eager allies, including Russia, China, the United States, Turkey and Gulf petrostates, African leaders are spurning the image of victim and demanding a bigger say. In September, the African Union joined the Group of 20, the premier forum for international economic cooperation, taking a seat at the same table as the European Union.”
Snippet from NY Times article “The World is Becoming More African”
I highly recommend reading the full article. The accompanying imagery is beautiful.
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