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1 | A New Start for Barack Obama in Africa? | Ainga Vaovao Ho An'i Barack Obama Any Afrika ? |
2 | With Barack Obama re-elected to the Presidency of the United States for four years after the election of November 6, 2012, Africa is reviewing his legacy[fr]. This following his four years at the head of an America more concerned with the economic crisis than international relations, especially within the African continent. | Raha voafidy indray Barack Obama hitondra mandritra ny efa-taona any Etazonia, Afrika kosa dia manao tomban'ny efa-taona nitondràny Amerika sahirana kokoa tamin'ny olana ara-toekarena noho ny fifandraisana ivelany, indrindra ny fifandraisana amin'ny kaontinanta afrikana. |
3 | The expectations of Africans were great, but many think that the second term of President Obama will enable him to have a wider margin of manoeuvre on African issues. | Lehibe tokoa ny fanantenan'ireo afrikana, nefa maro no mieritreritra fa hahafahan'ny Filoha Obama mandinika lalindalina kokoa momba ny olana afrikana ny fe-potoam-piasàna faharoa azony. |
4 | U.S. President Obama walks with Malia, Michelle and Sasha following, during their visit to Cape Coast Castle, Ghana via pd2020@sbcglobal.net on FlickR (CC license-NC-BY) | Ny filoha Amerikana Barack Obama miara-mizotra amin'ny zanany vavy Malia, ary Michelle sy Sasha Obama ao aoriany nandritra ny fitsidihana ny Cape Coast Castle any Ghana, sarin'i pd2020@sbcglobal.net ao amin'ny FlickR (CC license-NC-BY) |
5 | Adrien Hart wrote on Slate Africa that the African legacy of President Obama is rather mixed. | Adrien Hart dia manoratra ao amin'ny Slate Afrique fa somary ratsy ihany ny tombana afrikana an'ny filoha Obama. |
6 | He explained [fr]: | Manazava izy : |
7 | Visibly ill at ease to act as the “world's policeman”, he managed world affairs like a good father, without making waves. | Hita fa toa tsy mety aminy loatra ny hitàna ny andraikitry ny « zandarin'izao tontolo izao », dia notantanany mangingina tahaka ny fanaon'ny raim-pianakaviana ny raharahan'izao tontolo izao. |
8 | His critics accuse him of a lack of leadership, his supporters highlight his humanity and remind us that Bin Laden was eliminated under his mandate. | Ireo mpanaratsy azy dia milaza fa tena tsy mahay mitantana izy, ireo mpomba azy kosa manasongadina ny mahaolona azy ary mampahatsiahy fa teo ambany fahefàny no namonoana an'i Ben Laden. |
9 | With him, America has become less arrogant. | Lasa tsy be dehaka i Amerika rehefa niaraka taminy. |
10 | But has it become more popular in the Muslim world and Africa? | Nefa niha-nalaza ve izy tany amin'ny tontolo silamo sy tany Afrika? |
11 | This is not so certain. | Tsy azo antoka izany. |
12 | Certainly, as far as Africa is concerned, Obama has tried to catch up. | Mazava ho azy, momba an'i Afrika, nanao ezaka i Obama. |
13 | In August 2010, he received more than a hundred young Africans at the White House to discuss their “vision for Africa for the next 50 years”, implicitly criticising the generation of independence [ed. note: African leaders that came right after the colonial period] | Tamin'ny Aogositra 2010, nandray zatovo Afrikana maherin'ny zato izy tao amin'ny Maison Blanche mba hiresahana ny momba ny « Ho avin'i Afrika ho an'ny 50 taona manaraka », ary nitsikera an-kolaka ity andian-taranakin'ny fahaleovantena ity. |
14 | However, many found there were extenuating circumstances for him. | Na izany aza dia maro ireo mandefitra aminy. |
15 | RFI reported that Nadine Gordimer, winner of the Nobel Prize of South African Literature, thinks that one term is not enough [fr] to solve the world's problems: | RFI dia mitatitra fa Nadine Gordimer, Afrikana Tatsimo nahazo Loka Nobel momba ny Literatiora, dia mieritreritra fa tsy ampy hamahàna ny olan'izao tontolo izao ny fe-potoam-piasàna iray: |
16 | In a large country with so many problems, it is difficult to sort them all in one term. | Any aminà firenen-dehiba manana olana maro tahaka izany dia sarotra ny hamaha azy rehetra anaty fe-potoam-piasàna iray. |
17 | But I think he had the right approach. | Saingy mieritreritra aho fa nety ny fomba fizotrany. |
18 | His philosophy and his energy are going in the right direction, globally speaking. | Mandeha any amin'ny làlana mety ny filozofia sy ny tanjany amin'ny ankapobeny. |
19 | And, of course, the United States is very important for the rest of the world. | Ary mazava ho azy fa manan-danja mavesatra Etazonia ho an'izao tontolo izao. |
20 | If they sneeze, it's we in the rest of the world who catch pneumonia. | Raha mievona izy dia izao tontolo izao, isika rehetra, no marary tratra. |
21 | I also think that he has the right ideas regarding equality, both practical and of consciousness. | Mino koa aho fa manana hevitra tsara izy momba ny fitoviana, ny fitaovana ary ny fomba fisaina. |
22 | Obama giving a speech in Accra, Ghana, 2009 by L'expressmu | Ny kabarin'i Obama tany Accra, Ghana tamin'ny 2009 navoakan'i L'expressmu |
23 | These critics are harsher on Obama's strategy in Africa. | Ireo tsikera ireo no tena masiaka indrindra momba ny paikan'i Obama any Afrika. |
24 | Gene Healy of libertarian thinktank the Cato Institute described the militarised action of the American administration in Africa: | Gene Healy ao amin'ny Cato Institute (un thinktank libertarien) dia manoritsoritra ihany koa ny hetsiky ara-tafiky ny fitondràna Amerikana any Afrika: |
25 | Four years ago, few could have predicted that one of President Obama's legacies would be increased militarization of U.S. foreign policy towards Africa - but that seems to be the case. [..] | Efa-taona lasa izay, vitsy ny olona mety nieritreritra fa ho lovain'i Obama ny fampiasàna tafika bebe kokoa amin'ny politika amerikana vahiny any Afrika - nefa dia tanteraka izany. [..] |
26 | Promiscuous war-making leads to unintended consequences. | Ny fanaovana ady diso tafahoatra dia tetika mety hiteraka vokatra tsy ampoizina. |
27 | For example, U.S. intervention in Libya stoked the civil war in Mali, as Tuaregs serving in Gadhafi's army joined the fight after the dictator's fall. | Ohatra, ny fandefasana tafika amerikana tany Libia dia namàhana ny adim-poko tany Mali, noho ireo Touareg tanatin'ny tafik'i Kadhafi nanatevin-daharana ny ady taorian'ny nionganan'ilay mpanao didy jadona. |
28 | It's not clear that our expanded military presence in Africa serves any pressing U.S. national security need. | Tsy azo antoka ho nisy fiatraikany tamin'ny Fiarovam-pirenena amerikana ny fisian'ny tafika amerikana betsaka any Afrika. |
29 | The Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Henri Lopès, thinks that the expectations placed by Africans on Obama's policies were unjustified. | Ny masoivohon'ny Repoblikan'i Kongô, Henri Lopès, dia mieritreritra fa tsy misy fototra ny fanantenana napetrak'ireo afrikana tamin'ny politikan'i Obama. |
30 | On RFI, he stated [fr]: | Milaza izy ao amin'ny RFI: |
31 | We must not delude ourselves. | Tsy tokony hanonofy atoandro. |
32 | Obama is the son of an African, but Obama is American. | Obama dia zanaka Afrikana, fa Amerikana izy. |
33 | His election is historic in a country which has known slavery and segregation. | Manan-tantara ho an'ny firenena niaina fanandevozana sy fanavakavaham-bolon-koditra ny fahalaniany ho filoha. |
34 | But on the field of politics, it's a question of large-scale calculations of interests. | Fa resaka kajikajin-tombontsoa avo lenta ny amin'ny lafiny politika. |
35 | At Kogelo in Kenya, the woman that Barack Obama considers his grandmother, Mama Sarah, picked out these criticisms. | Any Kogelo any Kenya, Mama Sarah izay raisin'i Barack Obama tahaka ny renibeny dia tsy miraharaha ireny tsikera ireny. |
36 | Stéphanie Braquehais told of how she experienced the victory of her ‘grandson': | Stéphanie Braquehais dia mitantara ny niainany ny fandresen'ny “zafikeliny“: |
37 | With the hint of a smile, she answers questions with liveliness and humour. | Niaraka tamin'ny tsiky kely, tamim-pahavitrihana sy hehy no namaliany ireo fanontaniana . |
38 | After each statement she squints, sometimes nudging the person beside her. | Isaky ny fanambaràna, miketrona kely ny masony ary indraindray dia doniny kely ny olona mipetraka eo akaikiny. |
39 | At no time does she deviate from her script. | Tsy nisy fotoana tsy nifantohany tamin'ny kabary. |
40 | “It's God who has allowed this victory” [she says], she refuses of speak ‘politics' and intends to go to the United States for the inauguration. | Andriamanitra no nahatonga izao fandresena izao, tsy mety miresaka « politika » izy ary mitetika ny ho any Etazonia hanatrika ny fanosorana. |
41 | The election of Barack Obama for a second term still appeals as much to young Africans. | Satria ny fahalanian'i Barack Obama fanindroany dia mahasarika foana ny tanora afrikana. |
42 | In Madagascar, bloggers rose at dawn to follow together the election outcome live onscreen. | Any Madagasikara, nifoha maraina ireo mpitoraka blaogy mba hiara-manaraka mivantana ny valim-pifidianana eo alohan'ny “écran”. |
43 | Here is the video of this meeting by jiviard [fr]: | Indro ny lahatsarin'izany fivoriana izany avy amin'i jiviard: |
44 | Even though the disappointment felt at Obama's legacy in Africa is certainly tangible, the political convictions of Obama seem to converge with those of the majority of Africans. | Satria na dia misy tokoa aza ny fahadisoam-panantenana tamin'i Obama amin'ny tombana mikasika an'i Afrika, ny fomba fijery ara-politika kosa toa mifanaraka amin'ny an'ny ankabeazan'ireo afrikana. |
45 | The ‘chemistry' felt is not due to his family ties with Kenya but rather to a geopolitical pragmatism and common interests to defend, as underlined by [fr] Adrien Hart: | Tsy noho ny fananany havana any Kenya intsony ny fifanantonana fa noho ny fomba fijery ny toerana ara-politika sy ny fiarovana ireo tombontsoa iombonana, araka ny hamafisin'i Adrien Hart: |
46 | Obama, like the Bushes before him, did not see the ‘Chinese Dragon' coming to Africa. | Obama, tahaka ireo Bush teo alohany, dia tsy nahita ny fahatongavan'ny «trimobe Sinoa» tany Afrika. |
47 | The Americans, just like the Europeans, did not anticipate either the growing threat of ‘God's fanatics' in Africa. | Tsy nampoizin'ireo Amerikana, tahaka ny Eoropeana, ihany koa ny fitomboan'ny loza manàmbana entin'ireo «Adalan'Andriamanitra» any Afrika [..] |
48 | […] Obama could not have done anything to counter the advance of the Chinese and the Islamists. | Tsy afaka nanohitra ny fandrosoan'ny Sinoa sy ny islamista i Obama. |
49 | But will Africa vote in November for his opponent, Mitt Romney, Republican, Mormon and above all immensely rich, surely too rich? | Nefa hifidy ho an'i Mitt Romney mpifanandrina aminy, repoblikàna, “mormon” sady mpanefoefo, diso tafahoatra mihitsy aza ve Afrika amin'ny novambra? |
50 | Surely not. | Tsia velively. |
51 | Yes, Obama has disappointed us. | Eny, nandiso fanantenana i Obama. |
52 | But Africa doesn't want him to leave. | Nefa tsy te-hahita azy hiala i Afrika. |
53 | Without him, things would be worse. | Vao maika ho loza raha tsy eo izy. |