daajis.com:- Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth on Saturday, changing into the newest nations with out historic ties to Britain to enter the English-speaking membership headed by Queen Elizabeth II.
The group of 54 nations, principally former British colonies, accepted Togo and Gabon’s utility for membership on the final day of its management summit in Rwanda.
“We’ve got acknowledged Gabon and Togo as new members, and all of us welcome them to the Commonwealth household,” Rwandan President Paul Kagame mentioned on the closing press convention.
The French-speaking West African nations are the primary new members to hitch the Commonwealth since Rwanda in 2009.
Togo’s international minister, Robert Dossey, mentioned membership had opened the door for two.5 billion customers within the Commonwealth world, supplied new instructional alternatives, and benefited from the “craze” of the English language amongst his nation’s residents.
“Togo’s membership is motivated by a want to develop its diplomatic, political and financial community … in addition to to get nearer to the English-speaking world,” he advised AFP.
He added that this had allowed the small and creating nation of 8.5 million folks to redefine bilateral relations with the UK outdoors the European Union within the wake of Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Analysts mentioned that Francophone nations have additionally sought Commonwealth membership in recent times to maneuver away from France.
Togolese political analyst Mohamed Madi Chabkati mentioned the transfer would show standard as a result of French affect in Togo is usually blamed on its financial issues.
“Togo’s entry into the Commonwealth is healthier for many individuals than sharing the French language and tradition, which in the long run has not led to the promotion of improvement,” he advised AFP.
Rwanda’s membership got here at a time of heightened stress between Kigali and Paris, and the East African nation solid shut ties with the UK within the years since its acceptance, together with a controversial migrant deal agreed this 12 months.
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo mentioned his nation was “making historical past” by becoming a member of the group.
“After 62 years of independence, our nation is getting ready to launch a brand new chapter,” Bongo mentioned in an announcement on Twitter.
“It’s a world of alternative for Gabon on the financial, diplomatic and cultural ranges.”
Their acceptance is seen as a blessing to the Commonwealth at a time of renewed debate about its significance and objective.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson mentioned the curiosity from new members proves the group is alive and nicely.
However it could additionally increase questions concerning the Commonwealth’s dedication to good governance and democracy as core values of its constitution.
Oil-rich Gabon, a former French colony on the Atlantic Ocean, has been dominated by the Bongo household for 55 years.
Ali Bongo took energy after his father’s dying and returned to energy in 2016 after elections marred by bloody violence and allegations of fraud.
Togo, a former German after which French colony, has been below dynastic rule for greater than half a century.
Common Gnassingbe Eyadema dominated with an iron fist from 1967 till his dying in 2005, when his son Faure Gnassingbe took energy.
He was re-elected in opinion polls contested by the opposition.
Born out of the British Empire, the Commonwealth represents a 3rd of humanity and spans throughout nations throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, turned the primary member of the Commonwealth to haven’t any historic hyperlinks with Britain when it joined in 1995.
(AFP)
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