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1. Cold war

The cold war was a war that was fought between nations, this war, however, did not

involve physical fights but was fought using political and economic ideologies and

propaganda. This war had different effects in different regions of the world. For instance, the

peacekeeping programmes in African continent. Unlike before the war when the united

nation was able to solve conflicts in this region, after the war the united nation has been

unable to solve the conflicts in Africa and as a result, it has delegated these duties to other

peacekeeping organizations like Africa union. Since the end of cold war, the conflict has

increased in Africa and many of the peacekeeping programmes of the united nation has been

on this continent. For instance the current mission in South Sudan where the united nation is

fighting for the human rights of the civilians.

The other projects include the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya, Congo****

among others. The change that has been brought by the cold war is the collaboration of the

United Nations with other local peacekeeping organizations in Africa such as Africa Union,

Organization of Africa Unity, and the Economic Community of West African States among

others. This change is a positive change as it has helped in maintaining peace in Africa

irrespective of many conflict case in Africa. For instance, with the collaboration of these local

organization United Nation has been able to successfully settle the conflict in Kenya and

Congo and the Southern Sudan conflict resolving is about to bear its fruits in the near future.

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2. African colonization

African colonization has several impacts on the economy of Africa. Before the

scrabble of Africa, Africa had poor economy as there were no national or regional economic

activities. In this period many of the African communities traded only with the neighboring

community as there were no trade networks in the region. During the colonization process,

the Europeans established trade routes and network in the region which made it possible for

the Africans to trade all over the region after the western colonization. Europeans also

introduce other product in the African trade. Colonization also promoted the African

economy since the Europeans build industries, roads and other infrastructures which were

later used by Africans to build their economy after decolonization. The Africa economy has

been positively affected by colonization as they colonizers left the countries with a more

stable economy than it was before.

Today, Europeans are also helping their African colonies economically and also

politically. The economic support that African counties are getting from their colonizers

includes economic advice, new technology and also loans to support their economy. An

example of the effect of colonization can be seen in South Africa which was the last country

to attain its independence in Africa (1994) and has the best economy in Africa. This shows

how colonization has positive impacts on the economy of African countries. Colonization

also had some negative impacts where the African natural resources were exploited by the

European for their own benefits. The Europeans also limited the Africans rights to grow their

economy by putting them together in reserves and using them as a source of cheap labor.

However, the overall impact of colonization is that it promoted the African economy.

3. Africa and world trade system

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Globalization has enabled all the nations of the world to participate in the world trade

system. However, this has made the economic giants and nations with poor economies to

have the same marketing grounds. Economic giant’s nations have been able to expand the

market for their products in all regions. It has also helped the technology to grow faster in all

the regions. However, this has made regions such as Africa whose nations have the worst

economy in the world to take a small percentage of the world trade system. Most of the

nations in Africa are developing nations and does not have the best technology to use their

resources and participate in the world economy just like other regions, As a result, the

continent has the smallest percentage in the world economy.

Although for the last few years the African economy has grown, it’s still far from

taking a proportionate part of the world trade economy. The actions that need to be taken to

help Africa to improve its performance in the world trade system is allowing more venture

capitalist to invest in this continent. For the last few years many investors have flown into

this continent and as a result, the African economy is growing. If more inventors invest in this

continent then Africa will be able to improve their performance in the world trade systems.

Another way of improving the Africa position is economic giant nation advising the Africans

on the necessary measures needed to improve their economy, they can also help the growing

African countries with loans and supporting non-profit organizations which are helping the

nations improve their economy.

4. American policy toward Africa

I think the American policy towards Africa that is supposed to be changed is the

policy that have been introduced by Trump’s administration. Trump’s administration has put

policies such as immigration policies that have a negative impact on Africans in the United

States. Although the immigration policies are meant for the national security of the United

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States I think it should be changed and give Africans a chance to get better opportunities in

the United States. Trump’s policy “American First” should also be changed. This policy can

be interpreted that the United States will only participate in areas where it’s benefiting and

otherwise the United States will not be involved in such issues. This policy should be

changed in order to help in cases such as peacekeeping missions in Africa which are meant to

benefit the United States but to maintain peace in the world. Conflict is greatly arising in

Africa and many of these countries do not have the resources that America can benefit from,

if the policy remains unchanged then peace and economic development in Africa will be

threatened.

Other policies such as George. W Bush programs to help Africa fights diseases such

as HIV, Malaria, and tuberculosis, President Obama policies as such as the Young African

Leaders Initiatives and Power Africa Program, and the African Growth and Opportunity Acts

(AGOA). All these policies are aimed to benefit Africa and establish a good relationship

between America and Africa. These policies should not be changed as they are helping

African countries which are in their era of developments. These countries need American

support.

5. African priorities in world and Western priorities

Many countries in Africa are still growing and struggling to eradicate poverty and

stabilize their economy. This is unlike the western which have different agendas. Some of the

priorities of African politics includes improving the livelihoods of their citizens, promoting

industrial developments, job creation, fighting natural disasters, solving violence and

eradicating corruption in this continent. Some of these priories differ from the western

political priorities while others are similar with the western priorities. The African political

priorities that differ from the western political priority includes eradication of poverty and

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corruption, job creation, and solving violence. Unlike in western countries where the level of

poverty is very low, in Africa is greatly affected by poverty and many countries in this region

are perishing in poverty. This has become one of the priorities for African politics to reduce

the poverty level. This is through initiatives such as job creations and youth empowerments

which are meant to create more job vacancies. Corruption has also taken roots in many

African countries which reduces the economic development in the region. The African

politics are prioritizing the fight against this vice wherein the western politics corruption is a

non-issue. Political violence is another priority that differs from western politics and African

politics.

Similar political priorities between the African and the western politics include

industrial developments and economic superiority. The African countries are trying to

improve industrializations and improve their economic performance in the region. Western

politics are also aimed to improve the economic performance of their nation. For instance the

recent US ban on China trade which is aimed to improve the economy of the United States by

increasing local opportunities.

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