G20 at Crossroads: Dismantling an Unjust Financial Architecture to Save Africa

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The G20 faces a defining moment of historical consequence: to either dismantle the inequitable global financial system it upholds or condemn Africa to a deepening cycle of economic servitude. While recent trade wars have exacerbated the crisis, the core issue is a post-war financial architecture deliberately designed by Western powers to enforce dependency.This system traps the continent in a relentless loop of debt, resource exploitation, and fiscal paralysis, a modern iteration of the structural adjustment programs that sacrificed human progress for creditor profits. South Africa's G20 presidency provided a crucial platform to champion systemic change, moving beyond temporary debt relief to demand a fundamental restructuring of multilateral banks, reform of biased credit rating agencies, and the creation of robust global tax laws to halt the illicit financial flows that drain Africa of vital capital.The parallel to the 1944 Bretton Woods conference is undeniable; today's leaders must similarly forge a new compact for a stable and just world economy. To ignore this imperative is not merely a failure of policy but a conscious choice to fuel the poverty, migration, and instability that will inevitably threaten global security. The G20's choice is between managed cooperation for equity or unmanaged collapse with global repercussions.

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