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“My generation cannot understand how Africa, with so much wealth beneath our soil, with a generous nature, water and sunshine in abundance, is today the poorest continent.”
Source: Speech at the Russia–Africa Summit, St Petersburg, 28 July 2023
Context Speaking before Vladimir Putin and African leaders at the second Russia–Africa summit, Traoré, then 35, questioned why a resource-rich continent remained poor.
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