The politics of the United States of America has reached a level which is most welcome by not only Africans living in the USA but even for those who are miles away. Barack Osama’s candidature and subsequent winning of the elections becoming the first African rooted president has added another flavor on the American democracy. This goes to show the whole world that America is not only for white Americans but for all Americans, be it black or white.

One thing should be clear to all Africans is that Obama is President of the USA and not an African state. But we are optimistic that he will pursue a more enlightened foreign policy toward Africa than his predecessor George Bush.   There is no doubt that Obama has good intentions when it comes to Africa, but it will take a lot more than good intentions to undo and reverse the over 50 years of damaging  US foreign policy toward Africa.

A necessary step in this direction is for him to listen to Africans themselves, especially those who continue to fight for the democratization, human rights, and the control over their own natural resources, and economic rights.

The American election is an important event on the world calendar that cannot go without noticed. Several economies and international trade are hanged on the policies of the United States of America.

The USA for centuries has also serve as a model of democracy. They have succeeded in changing their governments democratically for years now, which alone is a big achievement. The world is a living witness to impeachments against sitting presidents, the world have also seen the resignation of President Regan after the Watergate scandal.

The fact that it is one of the oldest democracies in the world, a country that have never experience a coup, tells a lot. Yes we have seen times when a sitting President is assassinated, but that cannot rule it out that the USA is not one of the samples of democracy in the world.

Coming back to the November presidential elections, which has much importance not only to the citizens of the USA, but to many none USA citizen some of whom are living far away from the USA. In the past six or so years under the Republicans the world has seen and suffered from the tragedies of wars fought and sponsored by the USA government, all in the name of fighting terrorism.

One of the recent wars was the Iraqi war where many innocent civilians and soldiers lost their lives. The reasons of that war are still not over, and that is why the Americans are still based in Iraq. There is a permanent occupation of Iraqi territory by the USA soldiers, that situation is not welcomed by majority of the Iraqi people, and that is why a lot of suicide bombing are carried out on a routine basis.

There is this fear that a continuation of a Republican rule is going to be an extension of such unwanted wars and the presence of USA soldiers on the Iraqi land. That alone has reflected badly on the world economy. To salvage the people of the world from such is allowing the Democrats a chance to head the affairs of the USA.