SENEGAL OFFICIAL BLASTS FOREIGN INTERFERENCE

Senegalese legislator and Pan-African organist Guy Marius Sagna called out the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliament for allowing one US and two Swiss institutions to participate in their 18 July session and submit input.

While we could not identify the US-based organisation, ECOWAS’ documents show Swiss-based International Human Rights Commission and Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue attended the session in Abuja, Nigeria.

As Sagna, an ECOWAS Parliament member, points out in this clip, much debate occurs when African leaders and representatives have something to say during ECOWAS Parliament sessions. But, as soon as Western representatives open their mouths to present their reports, the floor is quiet.

Sagna asks why ECOWAS should collaborate with Swiss- and US-based institutions. He questions the moral authority of Western countries that talk to African representatives about human rights and good governance.

Sagna has a long history of frontline organising work through his organisation, the Front for an Anti-Imperialist Popular and Pan-African Revolution (FRAPP), which led the campaign’ France Dégage’ (‘France, Get Out’ in English).

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