Material exports and another method was a monopoly on exports and imports, all to the advantage of france, and then the relationship between france and African Leaders, complicit and choosing leaders and also french and us control was broken, how did that happen . You had the recent cous which were a form of pushback. Africa is going through a political turmoil. Just weeks ago, gabong witnessed the cou. It was the second former french colony in africa to face the military coup in as many months and the sixth and three years, following mari, chad, guinney, burkina faso, and most recently. La cest lindependance, larmee a libere le pays, nous sommes libres, nous avons le droit detre libre et de nous sexprimer comme on peut parce que nous nous savons pas quon peut etre libere, aujourdhui nous sommes antirench sentiments, that is due to frances dark colonial past and its neuocolonial footprints there. One of those elements is the cfa frank zone, created by france in 1945, the cfa frank was
For territorial gain. But theres no reference to russian aggression. It reads, in part, quote we highlighted the Human Suffering and negative added impacts of the war in ukraine with regard to global food and energy security, supply chains, Macro Financial stability, inflation and growth. The text from last years summit reads, in part the 620 deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against ukraine and demands its complete and unconditional withdrawal from the territory of ukraine. We should note two key leaders were missing russian president Vladimir Putin and his key ally, chinese president xijinping. Disagreements over language on ukraine threatened to overshadow the 620 this year, as south asia correspondent Yogita Limaye explains. During the 620 summit in bali last year, member countries took a very long time to agree on the wording regarding the war in ukraine, so that was expected this time around as well. In fact, there were worries about whether
President Vladimir Putin and chinese president xi jinping highlights the rising tensions over russia and its war in ukraine at this years gathering. Both leaders sent their Foreign Ministers in their place. It marks first time xi has skipped the gathering. The event will highlight india Prime Minister Narendra Modis attempt as host to promote the country as a major global power and himself as dominant world leader ahead of a crucial election next year. Were looking at why the 620 gathering is so important, and how the decisions made in delhi this weekend can impact you and the rest of the world. But first, what is the 620 . The group of 20 is a block of the worlds 20 largest the group of 20 is a bloc of the worlds 20 largest economies that was formed two years after the 1997 Asian Financial crisis in response to thailand devaluing its currency and the resulting deep recession in much of east asia. Originally, the 620 was a forum for the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to d
And heres president Tayyip Erdogan of turkey arriving just a short time ago. But the absence of both russian president Vladimir Putin and chinese president xi jinping highlights the rising tensions over russia and its war in ukraine at this years gathering. Both leaders sent their Foreign Ministers in their place. Its the first time xi has missed the gathering. The event will highlight india Prime Minister Narendra Modis attempt as host to promote the country as a major global power, and himself as dominant world leader ahead of a crucial election next year. Were looking at why the 620 gathering is so important and how the decisions made in delhi this weekend can impact you and the rest of the world. But first, what is the 620 . The group of 20 is a bloc of the worlds 20 largest economies that was formed two years after the 1997 Asian Financial crisis in response to thailand devaluing its currency and the resulting deep recession in much of east asia. Originally, the 620 was a forum fo
And south africas governing African National conference is set to meet on monday to discuss the future of president jacob zuma he is under mounting pressure to step down amid corruption allegations. By my ass waiter thank you for joining us a russian passenger plane has crashed outside moscow killing all seventy one people on board the sato of Airlines Regional jet disappeared from radar screens shortly after taking off at a moscow airport the cause of the class of the crash remains unclear but russian president Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to set up a special commission to investigate. Budget dollars nike aircraft came down on snow covered ground just outside moscow the Saratov Airlines jet was carrying sixty five passengers and six crew Emergency Services rushed to the scene but the russian authorities later confirmed there were no survivors three children were among the dead were. The plane crash just a few minutes after takeoff from moscows doma airport the flight w