Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, made a passionate call to heads of state in European countries to cease from deliberately taking advantage of Africa.
In an interview dated 2019 – long before she became prime minister shared by broadcaster Darren Grimes, the Prime Minister stated that none to little has been done to ensure Africa is independent.
She cited an instance where Burkina Faso continues to feed France, even after colonisation, due to some stringent deals made.
“Burkina Faso is one of the poorest nations in the world. France prints colonial money for Burkina Faso, which has gold. In return they demand that 50% of everything that Burkina Faso exports end up in the coffers of the French treasury.
“The gold that this child goes down a tunnel to extract mostly ends up in the coffers of the French state,” she said.
According to her, taking Africans and bringing them to Europe is not the way to go about ensuring Africa is self-reliant. For her, “the solution is to free Africa from certain Europeans who exploit it and allow these people to live off what they have.”
“The solution is not to take the Africans and bring them to Europe, the solution is to free Africa from certain Europeans who exploit it.”
This by the Italian PM is one of the most extraordinary broadcast interviews I’ve ever seen, utterly eviscerating. pic.twitter.com/SuykmknuP6
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) November 19, 2022
Most, if not all African countries, are unable to govern themselves without western influence. Since their independence, these countries have had a hard time to operate independently since they remain dependent on foreign countries.
Source: The Independent Ghana