I-Afrika isabonakala njengenoni kuzikhondlakhondla

UJohn Kerry uxwayise ngokutshalwa kwezimali ezinhlelweni zegesi e-Afrika. Izithunywa zikahulumeni waseMelika beziseSenegal ngoLwesine engqungqutheleni nongqongqoshe bezemvelo abavela kulo lonke izwekazi. Amanye amazwe abawamele anethemba lokuthi azothola uwoyela negesi muva nje. Kodwa futhi balwa nokuphusha komhlaba wonke okuya ezixazululweni zamandla ahlanzekile. “Igesi ingasetshenziswa njengenguquko, futhi asisho ukuthi ayikho igesi, esikushoyo ukuthi eminyakeni embalwa ezayo igesi ithatha indawo yamalahle noma ithatha indawo kawoyela, kuhle lokho.

Kepha ngemuva kowezi-2030 kuzobaluleka ukuthi ukwazi ukuthatha ukukhishwa kwegesi futhi. ”Amazwe ase-Afrika aphikisa ngokuthi adinga ukutshalwa kwezimali ukuthuthukisa imithombo yawo yamandla, okuhlanganisa uwoyela negesi, ukuze kuthuthukiswe izimboni zikagesi futhi kunqandwe ubumpofu bamandla. Bahlela ukuphusha lo mlayezo ngesikhathi sengqungquthela ye-UN yesimo sezulu e-Egypt ngoNovemba. Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-600, noma ama-43% abantu base-Afrika, abawutholi ugesi ngokusho kwe-International Energy Agency - iningi labo litholakala e-sub-Saharan Africa.

Izwekazi libhekene nengxenye encane yokukhishwa kwekhabhoni emhlabeni wonke, kodwa lithwale kanzima emiphumeleni yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu okuqinise isomiso, izikhukhula kanye neziphepho eminyakeni yamuva nje. “Ngicabanga ukuthi kusengumbuzo manje wokusiza abantu ukuthi bathuthuke kodwa singawenzi amaphutha esesiwenzile esikhathini esidlule.

Yiba luhlaza ngangokunokwenzeka futhi usisize siqhubekele phambili ngendlela engeke yenze inkinga ibe yimbi njengoba isikhona vele.” Uthe ukusebenza kwamaphrojekthi wegesi wesikhathi eside kungase kube inkinga edlule ngowezi-2030 - usuku okuhloswe ngalo ukuthi amazwe amaningi acebile azimisele ukuthuthela kumandla amaningi avuselelekayo.