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Western solutions for African problems
Mail & Guardian
|M&G 05 December 2025
In the week when Donald Trump showed Africa the middle finger by not inviting South Africa to the G20’s first meeting under US presidency later this month, it was troubling to see two African leaders at the White House looking for solutions for African problems from America. And from a man who has shown disdain for our continent from the moment he first became president of the US.
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The US trip by Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame reflects two African leaders failed by their own turning to the West for salvation.
African leaders talk endlessly about African solutions for African problems. Tshisekedi and Kagame’s trip reflects leadership failure back home - an indictment on Africa and its leaders.
The African Union (AU), East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have all failed to end the standoff between the DRC and Rwanda, hence Tshisekedi and Kagame went to the US.
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