Africa: EU-Africa Summit May Lead to Increased Imperialist Interventions

16 April 2014
opinion

Thirty six African heads of state recently attended an EU-Africa summit on the theme "Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace." Yet, behind the scenes the EU plans to deploy a thousand troops to join UN troops in the Central African Republic.

A two-day conference on April 2-3 in Belgium was not attended by several key African leaders from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi, Eritrea and Sudan. The European Union (EU) by-passed guidelines set down by one of the leading organs of the African Union (AU), the Peace and Security Council, in convening and carrying out the summit.

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