African leaders' silence is expected. It is no surprise to the attentive and conscionable people. To be surprised is to be assumptive of the leaders' humanity. Does anyone really expect African leaders to call attention to their crimes against their people by commenting on one of the tragedies of our time- the new slave trade? That would mean having to do something to end it.
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2015 8:44 PM
To: USAAfrica Dialogue
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - African Leaders Are Mute, Even as Their People Die at Sea
"DAKAR, Senegal — Amid the global cries of alarm over the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean has been a notable silence: Where are the impassioned voices of African leaders who, arguably, could be shouting the loudest?
Their citizens are drowning by the hundreds, along with Syrians and Afghans. But there has been barely an anguished word from the continent's leaders.
The chairwoman of the African Union commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, belatedly expressed "condolences" and called for more "dialogue." Senegal's president, Macky Sall, offered a "salute to the memory of the victims." But beyond such remarks, the relative lack of reaction has been revealing."
- Ikhide
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