Africa-Press – South-Sudan. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo embarked on his maiden trip to sub-Saharan Africa this week, bringing with him the “Bandung Spirit” as well as dozens of bilateral deals from state visits in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique – all in the name of advancing global South-South cooperation.
The timing for Jokowi’s first tour of duty on the continent lines up with Indonesia’s quest to expand its trade and investment portfolio into “non-traditional markets”, while also dovetailing into the prevailing sense that the current world order dominated by wealthy Western powers has failed to champion the interests of developing countries.
The Africa trip is built around the 15th BRICS Summit, which is entertaining the possibility of admitting new member states to make good on a pledge to become a counterweight to status quo forums such as the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations.
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