November 2, 2005

BBC NEWS | Africa | E Africa army build-up alarms UN

Wake me up in 50 years and I'll be pleased to comment on the African disaster. Nearly everywhere you look you see chaos in the form of famine, despots, ethnic cleansing, AIDS and other diseases, corruption, drought, war and you name it, they've got it...BAD.

Some find it easy to blame the colonial legacy for the problems. Perhaps this is a contributor, but foremost I see a failed sense of values and tribal politics combined with those common human sins of greed, vengeance and exploitation.

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