Ablakwa Calls For Wealth Sharing For African Youth

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on African leaders to explore new ways of sharing the wealth of the continent for the benefit of African youth.

He made the remarks on Friday, August 29, 2026, when he addressed the African Union Executive Council’s 26th Extraordinary Session on Conflict Resolution and Prevention in Angola.

“We need to take a new path. We have pursued all these AU paradigms and protocols and convened meetings to recapitalise the Peace Fund. But perhaps what we should begin to recapitalise, in all humility, is our heart and our mindset. Can we be more tolerant of each other?

“Can we be more compassionate? Can we be more visionary about the root causes of conflict? We can have $1 billion, $10 billion, $100 billion in a Peace Fund, but it will mean nothing if we do not change course, if we do not adopt a new leadership paradigm,” he said.

He referred to last year’s report by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) which stated that over 2,180 young Africans died in the Mediterranean seeking greener pastures.

Mr Ablakwa stressed the need to recommit to job creation, industrialisation, real decentralisation, and sharing the wealth of the continent — the diamonds, the gold, the bauxite, the oil and gas — if Africa is to stem what he described as a sad and dehumanising state of affairs.

“How can Africa, the richest continent, share these rich resources with African youth? This is a new paradigm that we need for our continent,” he posed.

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