Media Review March 30, 2025

Africa: as the West falters, China consolidates

• Publications
• 30 Mar, 2025

“Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of.” This was Donald Trump, with his customary offensiveness, three weeks ago. Unusually, it was not a fragrant lie — at least as far as his followers (and most Americans) are concerned. The 35% of Africans living in extreme poverty, 43% without electricity, relying on only the most basic of health services, are becoming even more invisible. Even though “the poor you will always have with you” (Mark 14:7) is a constant rebuke to the West.