Africa: No Business As Usual At Italy's G7 Africa Meeting

. At a time when concerted global action to stem widespread abuses afflicting many countries across the continent is urgently needed, the meeting should not be mere shop talk.hosted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, where she laid out plans to bolster economic partnerships and stem migration from the continent.

The G7 countries should together impose individual targeted sanctions on those responsible for the worst abuses being committed in Sudan's conflict. The United States had rolled out targeted sanctions against the commanders overseeingcurrently in desperate need of assistance. The European Union and the United Kingdom for example have so far only sanctioned a few entities linked to both sides of the conflict.

Italy, as the meeting host, should get serious about addressing instability and humanely managing migration and displacement in the Sahel. That means weighing in to ensure that the G7 as well as the EU have clear strategies that put human rights and accountability among their top priorities.

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