“Conflicts around the continent are rendered invisible, issues of development which are key for us are no longer a priority global discussion, and so I keep asserting that, ‘Don’t forget the continent,”
Naledi Pandor is frustrated that the world’s attention is focused on the conflict in Europe at the expense of Africa’s development needsAfrica must be more assertive so its development issues are not forgotten amid the global focus on the war in Ukraine, says Naledi Pandor, the minister of international co-operation and relations. ..From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.
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