In recent months a flurry of Western and Eastern officials and leaders to African shores has showcased that the fourth scramble for Africa is under way. On the table are Africa’s valuable resources, its growing markets for foreign businesses to tap into, and its geopolitical influence.
Having been to Germany just last week on one of my frequent visits, and having family who live there, I had to laugh at columnist Brian Monteith’s latest blinkered, anti-EU nonsense in Monday’s Perspective.