why do you think is the problem why Africa for not developing is that b/c of A- westerns B- her own problems.?
599878
Africa's problems are of their own making.  Why people continue to think that writing checks and giving aid to the continent is the answer to its woes are wildly misguided.  The removal of corrupt leaders is key to any advancement.  As long as evil leaders reign, the Continent will remain a mess.  Where are those who promote women's rights when it comes to Africa?  Where are those who who understand that its poverty and famine are a man-made condition (by the current leadership)?  It is unfortunate, but African governments need to be overthrown before economic advancement, women's rights, and hunger, etc, can be overcome.  Any aid needs to have strings attached and should be directed and allocated by those provideding it, not corrupt leaders who steal it and disperse it to cronies and care nothing of their own people.  \n\nGive a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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First, "the West" doesn't care or not care about anything.  Individual people in the West make individual decisions about what they care about.  I can't speak for the West.  I can only speak for myself.\n\nAs a human being, I am limited in my ability to understand all of the horrible things going on in the world.  Many people worldwide are being tortured and killed.  Yet I am not strong enough emotionally to invest myself in caring about all of them at once.  I could also ask you why you don't care about the people in North Korea or Zimbabwe, but I understand that you can't solve all the world's problems either.\n\nThe situation in Darfur is FAR more devastating than any other in the world today.  And, if something doesn't change soon, the entire population may be killed.  The situation in Palestine may be bad, but it is nowhere near as bad as Darfur today.\n\nI'm not as aware of the situation in Ogaden today, because our press isn't reporting on it, but I will say that Americans were very concerned about that area in the past.  Another limitation of humanity is that we can't deal with the idea of a problem that is never solved.  Thus, many people have deceived themselves into believing that the situations in Ethiopia and Somalia are somewhat resolved.  It's sad but true.\n\nThe simple reality is that people are not perfect, and we can't solve all the problems of the world.  The problem in Darfur, however, is such a simple one for us to understand, and to know who is wrong, that it is much easier to support efforts at reform there.  Palestine is complicated, and most of us can see both sides a little, and don't know how to solve it.  So we prefer to focus on the problem we believe we CAN solve.
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Too True. Why not? the 'West' continue to enjoy the fruits of exploitation whilst turning a blind eye to the exploited. In having it in your face you will at least not claim not to know. Africa frnakly needs to take it's own affairs in hand and kick out the exploiters.
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Africa isn't a country.\n\n\nThe world is divided into three economic levels, first, second and third world, or it was at one point.  The gap between wealthy and poor has increased, and there are remarkably few second world countries in the world. Actually, I can't think of any.  \n\nFirst world is the wealthiest, like the United States for example, second world is developing... like say... post WWII Germany?  Maybe not.  Third world is bottom of the totem pole.  Right now most of Africa is in that pile, as is a large chunk of South and Central America, as well as some Asian and Eastern Eurpoean countries.
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It would be unfair to categorize people as stupid, lazy or any other name without having a more in depth grasp of the situation people in these countries are living. I'm from Senegal, West Africa, English is my third language, yet I feel I have more brains than certain people that will use such a medium to speak nonsense.\nAnyway mulumbu, to your question the answer is yes, but certain elements will have to be in place. Neither the US, nor any of the Western developed countries made it to this level of development in one day. No need to expand the historical tangent, but many African nations have had their so called Independence less than half a century ago -Senegal's was in 1960. After years of exploitation via colonization those countries owe a financial debt to the countries that colonize them in the first place, talking about irony. This makes it virtually impossible to fashion any internal policies that will favor the growth of those countries because the interests that needs to be considered first are the one of those other nations. \nSo when you ignorant people use the N word freely, or call people names in the comfort of your own cozy homes, my striving self for a better world via knowledge will be busy being curious about things that governs and affects the well being of our society.
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Sigh.  It is frustrating to see though the West might have the best intentions, they still have no idea what is going on in Africa. How will redrawing borders solve any problems at all? It is certainly not borders that are causing the immense amount of poverty and disease that plagues Africa.  Redrawing borders will only cause confusion, especially considering that there are thousands of tribes in Africa: 73 in Zambia alone.  Most African tribes get along swell, and they got along even better before colonialism.  \n     What Africa needs is not United Nations intervention (Oh God that would be a nightmare), or religion, or democracy (almost, if not all the countries in Africa, are "democracies", at least assert that they are), or birth control, or whatever other easy solutions Westerners come up with.They need justice: an equal share of the worlds resources so that they can have money to feed their families, educate their children, and fight the diseases that plague their continent.\nBut, as Bono says, Westerners are good at charity, they are terrible at justice.  So, we'll see what happens.
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Nigeria does not seem to have a great fiscal policy or a proper program for implementation. Also statistics of Nigeria can be totally misleading considering the corrupt governance of the country. African countries have beautiful paper work but little practical application. It is a sad thing to note that so much of money is pumped into these countries that vanish in thin air without reaching the needy. The people have to change their attitude first. Pride and honesty must be their top priority if at all they need to become a respectable nations.
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Tribalism is the root of Africa's problems.  Similar to Hitler's genocide, but no one cares.  Africa offers some natural resources.\n\nMuslim extremists are now expanding in Africa.  Sudan is a prime example.  The Arab Sudanese government is trying to destroy the native African Sudanese.\n\nEven when the West help them, there is corruption.  They will take the donated grains and sell it to the poor.  Somalia is basically a country run by gangs with big guns.  Warlords rules Somalia.  Each having its own rules and killing whomever they want.\n\nWith such instability and corrupted government, insurgencies start.  This combination will limit investments from companies and make the situation worse.  No food, no economy, but a lot of guns.  Millions are dying and their own people/government do not care.
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I don't have any detailed direct knowledge of specific problems, but an issue that runs throughout many (not all) African nations is corruption of the government.  The leaders of many countries are more focused on enhancing their own lives at the expense of their citizens that the people and their economies suffer [thus the problems with the banking systems].
701071
The culture is shocking for them they say, but then they can't complain since they are still flocking the western countries each year, and they are not slaves now. \n\nMind you, I'm from Africa as well.
988399
My question is, 'why is it america's job to wipe the world's ass'?\nSeriously. How many more trillions are we supposed to spend fixing other countries' problems? What are YOU trying to sign the american taxpayer up for, exactly? LOL Screw that. Africa needs to discover 'birth control'. Sorry if that sounds cold-blooded, but \nquite frankly, at some point in time, other nations have got to get their acts together, and work to defend their own societies from these kinds of things. If they can't/won't, what exactly do you expect america to do about it? Maybe the bitter, correct answer is LESS foreign aid so there's less people able to live in countries that won't normally support their populations. Stop giving out money, and get people in the mind-set of not having more kids than they can support. Can't feed em? Don't breed em. Pretty straightforward, there...
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Look at all of the unrest in Africa -- it's ALL directly related to the colonization of Africa.\n\nThe British had a nasty habit of arming and equiping a minority group to keep the majority ethnic group 'at bay'.  This little policy of theirs is directly related to various ethnic problems, Rwanda is a perfect example.
627054
Yes it could but it would take a very long time and alot of efforts have to be made by the African countries' governments and also other developed countries of the world.
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Good question.  My answer is that (a)the corrupt element controls the guns and the military and (b) the history of Africa is the history of TRIBALISM ('my people don't like your people and we never will'). Tribal animosities are encouraged by the dictators. Things don't seem to be getting better -- maybe the conern over the dark continent is just a waste of time and effort.
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I like Sweet Jemise's answer.  Because Africa is a country.
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Probably becuase poverty is always a relative concept. Being the richer nations they probably still see Africa as the "Dark Continent" back from their sea-faring days.\n\nThat said...\n\nMost other countries probably have more than their share of poverty in their own country to be worried about poverty in another country.
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I think so.  And it's a shame that more people haven't answered this question.  It's horrible what goes on in those regions, and people don't seem to care because Africans tend to be seen as lesser people.  Hence, the lack of action.