One
of the forgotten countries is Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa. It has been in and
out of crisis for the last seventeen years or so. Furthermore, it’s a tiny
country with very little strategic interest. It was therefore easy to ignore it
and to be blind to the plight of its population.
In
Brussels today, after many years of hesitation, there has been a donors
‘meeting on Guinea-Bissau. The preliminary outcome is encouraging. The door for
re-engagement has been open. The next step is to make sure that the commitments
made by both sides, the government and the external partners, are indeed
implemented. So often, these undertakings remain unfulfilled or are to slow to
implement. And the blame game starts.
Let´s
hope this time we will see a faster move. The people of Guinea-Bissau would certainly
deserve it.
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