A Continent wakes up to realities. The recent Euro-African meetings and certain initiatives taken by Africa are, to my mind, positive as they indicate that Africans are becoming aware of the need to take their destiny in hand. External contributions are in themselves sterile if not accompanied by effective internal actions. In the EU, we know these rules full well, with our regions lagging behind: funding for regional policy is only effective if well used. It is not those European regions...