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The Guardian newspaper reports: “UNITED States president, Mr. Barack Obama, has ruled out the traditional one-on-one meetings with any of the African leaders, including Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and South Africa’s Jacob Zuma, just as the US government prepares for an unprecedented meeting between the American leader and 50 African heads of state early next month in Washington DC.
There has been a debate in the last few weeks within and outside US official circles on the diplomatic risks involved in the US bringing African presidents to the capital without according them the respects and courtesies of having a one-on-one meeting with their American counterpart.
Even some African intellectuals abroad are worried that African leaders are being “herded” back and forth from China to Europe, instead of what they consider a dignified one-on-one meeting on basis of mutual respect.” Click here to read more
Source: #NGRGuardian