Newsletter 2009/04/02 - Partner and Nuisance
BERLIN (Own report) - German government advisors are laying benchmarks for a comprehensive German strategy for Africa. The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) is saying that Berlin has been hiding "too much behind the dogma of an 'African solution for African problems'," whereas it should have been engaged in intensive
lobbying to significantly strengthen the German position in Sub-Sahara Africa. They say that German national interests must be more actively pursued. With this objective in mind, even so-called non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that until now have been pursuing their
independent goals should be compelled to submit to state directives. The SWP sees great importance in securing maritime transport off the coast of Africa and expresses doubts in the preeminence of the promotion of "democracy" and the "protection of human and individual
rights" in Berlin's political PR. They also advise that German foreign policy focus on the cooperation with influential African states and differentiate between "partners" and "nuisances". Above all, Zimbabwe is one of the "nuisances," to be fought, because that country "is currently the most offensive opponent of the western liberal model of stability."
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