Africas Challenges and International Relations. A Critical Examination and the Prospects of Achieving her Interests in the International Arena

Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International relations, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: In this paper, a brief analysis of the challenges affecting Africa will be attempted and the opportunities Africa can seize to strengthen her influence on the global arena. Africa has and continues to face a myriad of challenges which have inadvertently lowered her global standing. It is on this basis that her current leaders are tasked with the responsibility of remedying the situation for the betterment of her people more so those in sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the current challenges Africa faces include youth unemployment, water scarcity, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, among others. Indeed, these efforts to alleviate these challenges have a bearing on Africa's international relations with other nations. These will be evaluated in depth in the next section