Africans solutions are the best for Africans problems

By Isaiah Abraham

February 22, 2010 — We have heard this statement from Pan African founders in the persons of Patrice Emery Lumumba of Congo, Francis Ohanyido of Nigeria, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Haile Selassia of Ethiopia, Ahmed Sekou Toure of Guinea, Dr. Julius Kambarge Nyerere of Tanzania and the renowned artist Bob Marley from Jamaica/United States. There couldn’t be more than just socio-political movement in Pan Africanism surge at that time, something we can’t overestimated given our diversity. Yet Africa would have gained more if it had integrated Pan Africanism principles in their daily political life of the Africans. No one at his era outside there has African future in the heart; we are de trop to many. In the earlier 1960s the West was real, but that has fairly changed. Sincerely, we are yet independence, a sad truth we can do something about it before someone finishes us economically and politically.

Africa would have been ahead by now if African leaders struck their neck out against Western interference in the affairs of the continent. President Idris Deby of Chad underscored this point last week when he paid keen attention to his conscience in his visit to his Sudanese counterpart President Omar Hassan Al Bashir in Khartoum. The West was snubbed and miffed, but Africans celebrated the angel of peace in the person of Idris Deby Itno. His feet were invigorated in the African spirit of forgive and forget, a shock to peremptory good guys who want to be seen doing something for Africans, when in fact their agenda is always different. His knew the West outmoded diplomatic failures have hurriedly killed African renaissance and progress. What a man that is (President Deby)!

The Good Book (The Bible) again is explicit about events in time; there is time for everything. Peace has beckoned across our continent, leaders have the moral responsibility to read those signs and move people away from Western orchestrated crisis (wars). The man who claimed (say have been claimed) to be god and was idolize around the world (Barrack Obama) has since gone in to hiding after he burned his fingers in Israelis-Palestinian conflict, Iran Nuclear suspected ambition/impasse, North Korea bold face, Global warming/Greenhouse gas emission challenge, Afghanistan NATO led operations and Democratic transition problems in Iraq.

President Obama seems to have been overweighed by his domestic issues on the expense of his global initiatives including that of the Africa continent. His predecessor is fondly remembered in Africa for his aid package in the tune of $4 billions. At best President George Walker Bush had an agenda for Africa, President Obama Hussein has none, saved for his rhetoric that isn’t specific. His father home is burning and he never lifted a finger to help his cousins find peace as the Kenyan death year (elections year) draws nearer.

Somali is one dark spot/big pain that needs African solution. The US created it and continuous to fuel it (am blunt, yeah?), like other conflicts in the continent, but Africans have the duty to save lives of innocent Africans in Somali. The West is cruel and if the continent waits for its help, we shall have a long wait indeed! President Deby didn’t wait to tell Dr. Khalil Ibrahim of Justice and Equality (JEM) to join Sudan peace train and its democratic transformation. President Al Bashir didn’t wait for the West for him to agree with Dr. John Garang. The West desperately was rushing Garang to sign an agreement right in 2003 with so many important areas hanging. Some of them had hurled nasty remarks (insults) against Garang for his slow pace. However, Ms Hilde Johnson of then Norwegian International Development Ministry refused to budge. May God Almighty bless this lady wherever she might be! I named my daughter after this lady.

We live in a dangerous world; a place where interest is everything. Africa is a dumping ground and unless we stand up on our own, the likes of Luis Moreno Ocampo, a US stooge, will have reason to abuse the continent at will. Sudanese from all walks of life are yearning for peace. People crave for peace and any messenger of peace anywhere in the world is our true friend. JEM leadership has realized this fact and the country is moving towards a healing and transtion from war to peace and development. Retribution is devilish and is bad! A bygone is a bygone; we can’t be allowed by others to dwell in the past; we got to move our country to the next generation towards peace and progress.

Peace in Chad and Sudan is gregariously peace for Africa. President Mau mar Al Kaddafi knew it earlier. Africans must learn from its past mistakes and listen to voices of great founding leaders. Presidents Deby, Al Bashir, we are proud of you! Accommodate Darfur in the Presidency and everywhere. Complete the process of compensation and put back life into that region. African Union (AU) therefore should now move swiftly to entrenched the initiative by two great sons of Africa; they got to do it before the West botch the exercise altogether. The West wants to be in anything, they got to leave the continent to try its problems alone. Money alone can’t buy peace for the continent.

UN effort across the continent moreover is of great concern. Its roles have been proven woeful due to its abuses. In the Sudan, especially in the South, there are horrific stories about the force and their activities in general. There are deaths and killings everyday in this part of the world (South) and the so-called peacekeepers never conclusively find an answer to what peace are they keeping, when civilians routinely attack each other. May be after we see the light at 2011, the UN will have to pack and go, our people shall see what to do with their colored children they have been fathering everywhere, the only positive thing I think they are best doing to our people. Africans solutions are the best!

Differently: our security forces must ignore Kiir directives on their neutrality. Our people should stand with the ‘devil’ we all know than the ‘angel’ we don’t know. Comrade Salva Kiir Mayardit and his running mate Dr. Riek Machar Teny weaknesses are our own (we know when to correct them); we can’t stand aside and allow those who sat in the fence when things were tough to usurp people’s power. Return SPLM to power!

Isaiah Abraham lives in Juba; he can be reached at [email protected]