Africa must stop spending money on sending uninformed diplomats to international conferences where they fail to make relevant contributions.
This sentiment was expressed by speakers during a discussion on the role of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the foreign policy review conference under way in Windhoek.
According to Loide Lungameni, chief of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), African diplomats often see international trips as “shopping sprees”.
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