AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) presidential aspiring candidate Samuel Maimbo says the United States government’s decision to suspend aid is a wake-up call for African nations, underscoring the urgent need to diversify financial sources. Launching his AfDB presidency campaign at a media breakfast, Friday, Dr Maimbo said Africans needed to remove certain things like education and health from the political table. “I am very conversant with the fact that this is not going to be an easy campaign but there is too much at stake. This week, the American administration announced that they are going to suspend the aid, that decision is a wake-up call for all of us of the importance of diversifying our sources of finance, of getting a...

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