Next November will stand the US presidential elections. All the world is turned to this event because many things are about to change. Also it is the first time for America to see a black man candidate to the presidential which is giving again more importance to the event. Last Saturday, there was the first political debate between the two candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. I guess lot of things will change in the world after the elections, but I am not optimist concerning Africa.
As a matter of facts the US has lot of problems currently not solved. First we have the war in Iraq which is very problematic and that both candidates do not forget to mention in their first concerns although they do not have the same way to see things. Barack Obama for example, if is the next president, intend to repatriate all the American soldiers, while McCain would like America to win first before coming back. They also want to solve the economical problem in America which is starting to touch the whole world. Another issue which is often mentioned in debates and that I think was part of last Saturday debate is the immigration problem.
This problem is subdivided in two. First, there is the problem of the immigrants who are already inside the country as illegal residents who cannot work, or do it illegally. This is really problematic when we know that there are families in the US which are there without paper since a very long time. Then, the second problem is those who still try to get inside the US illegally by every means possible. This issue is to be taken seriously and I think that both candidates understood that such as the others.
Regarding these, I cannot believe that Africa’s condition will change so quickly after the elections. The next American president will have to solve their inside problems first before thinking of the rest of the world. However, because in a certain way what America does affects the whole world we will somehow feel some little changes like maybe the way people will now get into the US for example.
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somehow i think african can be affect by this election because the are involved also in the immigration problem or in terms of agriculture because today african agriculture is confront to a problem of competition between U.S market which are subventioned by the state government.For me the placement of someone like obama can affect Africa not because he is african but because he want to open the U.S to all the country.
I definitly think that no matter how willing are africans, no major changes can be made, in this global system. No issue is possible until changes.
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