{UAH} The US State Department is considering ending its support for the spread of democracy worldwide - but what does that mean for Africa? ~ Ugandans At Heart (UAH)

{UAH} The US State Department is considering ending its support for the spread of democracy worldwide - but what does that mean for Africa?

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An inteseting debate going on on the BBC Africa Web site about Donals Trumps Announcement that he is ending the USA policy of "Spreading Democracy in Africa". You are free to participate. Below is just a taster.

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The US State Department is considering ending its support for the spread of democracy worldwide - but what does that mean for Africa?

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George Okello The USA has never supported democracy in Africa. It has supported client states a great majority of them fascist tyrannies that terrorised their peoples. A classic example of such client state is that of Yoseri Kayibanda Museveni in Uganda which acts as the USA policeman in the region but has committed the worst genocide in recorded history, amounting to no less than 14 million victims in the Great Lakes region. Donald Trump is just stating the obvious- that nobody believes the lie that America has ever been engaged in spreading democracy. America has been engaged in spreading terror, human suffering and imperial control of Africa's resources. Period.

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Lwanzo SawaSawa They never spread democracy anywhere, they just want to get rid of the regime in place to put in place a regime that will help them protect their interests in those countries.

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Ibrahim Buba Has the USA ever supported 'democracy' in Africa?
The most wicked and despotic rulers in the world are US allies so they should stop that nonsense of 'democracy'

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Deana Norman "As of January 2014, 14 african countries are obliged by France, through a colonial pact, to put 85% of their foreign reserve into France central bank under French minister of Finance control.They are effectively putting in 500 Billion dollars every ye...See more

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Deana Norman "Africa is a net creditor to the rest of the world to the tune of more than $41bn. Sure, there's money going in: around $161bn a year in the form of loans, remittances (those working outside Africa and sending money back home), and aid.

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Deana Norman "Trade between China and Africa was worth more than $200 billion last year, 20 times what it was in 2000. Many Africans say that China is a better partner than Europe or the U.S. However, China's extraction of billions of dollars in African resources, ...See more

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Deana Norman "When the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began offering loans to poor countries, they forced them to privatize their economies, allowing Western corporations free access to their raw materials and markets. It was a poverty and deb...See more

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Deana Norman "African countries have struggling economies. However, a report from Swedish international development agency Forum Syd says that the tax evasion of multi-national corporations operating on the continent does more to cheat Africa of its wealth than cor...See more

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Deana Norman "West African waters are supposed to be one of the world's richest fishing grounds. But its natural resources are being rapidly depleted now that industrial fishing boats are catching more fish in one day than 50 traditional vessels pull in over a year.

Every year, the region loses $1.3 billion worth of fish to illegal fishing by fleets from Europe, China, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea and Taiwan."

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Deana Norman "According to Global Witness, the granting of "shadow permits" for small-scale logging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Ghana and Cameroon has led to £10.5 billion worth of illegal timber entering the European Union in 2011.

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Deana Norman Titus Leitoro, you are naive

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Emma Garments when u said this whites are wicked, i didnt know all this. Now what should say they are? Devil

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Zay Dee Kay What type of Democracy have they been championing in Africa???!!! We wouldn't still be having rulers and dictators of 75-90yrs clinging to power with their full support. Double standards in African politics is the major problem with you Europe....

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Chimdi Okoro It means Africa will finally evolve by going back to their pre-colonization borders. This is will automatically bring an end to conflicts within strange bed fellows brought together by the Europeans. Nigeria is a practical example.

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Lynne Warner The Chinese are loved by African governments because they dish out money and stadiums whilst taking timber that is rare, diamonds, lithium, poisoning the African coast and dams and killing endangered species like Rhino, elephants, pangolins etc etc... ...See more

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Sa Majeste Africans are always complaining about America, Europe or China. Who has stop Africa from building it's own road or making its own machines? Who has stop Africa from building it's own political system that best suits it's people? Looking at the present ...See more

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Sa Majeste The is no system of rule that works for Africa other than pure democracy where every body has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What type of system are we talking about if we are not trying to return back to thesame system that made some of us to be traded as slaves? Africa should stop blaming America and see our own leaders as our worst enemies. Majority of African leaders are not Africans

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Hajj Awwal Kakoledeon How many democratic regimes they toppled and meddled in Africa. They are liars in d 1st place to say this.

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Babimululu Silas They have been championing dictatorships for their own intrests, look at Museveni of Uganda, kagame of Rwanda, Mubarak of Egypt, Ben Ali of Tunisia, Cameron's Biya. these are the guys the US is sponsoring, simply autocrats

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Garvey K Marcus It will be a big step forward for western countries to let African alone since they are the one exploiting the continent,taking advantage of weak laws in many African countries.We would finally be much relieved and our reputation and dignity as African restored to when we had powerful kingdoms,ruled both Africa and some parts of Europe and travelled around the world before anyone else.

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George Ter Ayua The US should have considered this long before causing chaos in an orderly Libya; war in a once peaceful Libya.
Well, I guess they've collected enough oil, now they want to quit.

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Emmanuel M Aremo Stop in support for democracy could undermine US leadership in the world, would also affect US foreign interests based on its values and principles of freedom. Best bet would be for US to establish democracies which have shared values and principles, that way the US can still maintain influence and lead.

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