*Ø* Blogmanac | The Tragedy of Africa
"Virtually all African countries were at one time the colonial backyard of some European power and most have not fared particularly well since achieving their independence. They have suffered a series of military dictatorships, or puppet governments designed to serve the interests of some Western country. Rapacious economic policies forced upon them by Western nations have helped to keep them on the thin edge of total collapse. In addition, they have allowed themselves to fall into the clutches of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. As if the foregoing were not sufficient, they seem to reel through a never-ending cycle of famine, drought, flooding, disease, plagues of locusts...

Africa cannot solve these problems on its own..."

Paul Harris at Yellow Times.org. Full article here