are there any honest politicians in Africa?
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I don't think there is such a thing on this planet. Honest and politician should not be used in the same sentence
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The problem is that many African countries don't have functioning governmental institutions.  Sending money might help alleviate problems temporarily, but until they have more stable institutions and social welfare programs, governments can't be effective in helping their people.  Another problem is that many African countries have outrageous amounts of debt, so this plus unstable economies (that part is sort of a chicken and egg kind of thing) make it really difficult for these governments to become more stable and to provide and maintain public goods.
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Verdict of History\nThis Day (Lagos), 18 October 2000\nLagos—Last weekend former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, came on the centre stage, once again. In Jos, Plateau State his associates put together a three-day symposium with the theme, The Babangida Regime: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation. \n\nAt the symposium were those men who served in Babangida's government. Leading the orchestra was the then chief of general staff turned vice president, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu. Then there were Hamza Abdullahi, Alex Akinyele and Uche Chukwumerije, all ministers in that government. There were also retired military officers some of whom did say they could follow Babangida to battle blindfolded - John Shagaya, John Inienger, Tunji Olurin, etc. Not left out were palace advisers like Sam Oyovbaire and a coterie of court historians. The purpose of the symposium was simple - to defend the programmes and policies of the Babangida administration, revise the nation's history and reposition the self- styled Maradona as a leader with vision. \n\nThe temptation was there to ignore the symposium considering the fact that the participants therein were yesterday's men who have been so completely forgotten, if not irrelevant, that they are today looking for attention and relevance. A symposium to reclaim Babangida if not the devil himself could only provide a convenient platform to get the needed attention. But then Babangida's signature was too prominent on the symposium to be ignored. The former president was not physically present at the symposium; he delivered a dinner speech entitled, We have reengineered Nigeria. A master of philosophical obfuscation, Babangida attempted very strongly to explain away the present democratic dispensation as the consummation of his administration's vision and the realisation of its goals. Nigeria is today a democracy. I am happy... that our vision for which I had invested all of my energy and tasked my colleagues even beyond endurance, has been fulfilled, he asseverated in self-glorification. \n\nBabangida made some other claims. He said his government did not deliberately go out of its way to abridge anybody's rights. Whenever an infringement of rights occurred, it must have been an error, not deliberate. He said his vision was to build a democracy that would endure. He asserted that his presidency has changed Nigeria irrevocably, that the country has been so reengineered that today we all live in a new Nigeria. He contented that his regime faced so many challenges some of which generated the kind of momentum that were neither fathomable nor within human control. Statecraft in essence is about taking decisions and solving problems. Both require courage, resolve and nerves; but more especially foresight and fortitude, Babangida said. He gave the impression that while he was not lacking in all these, his administration did make some mistakes, just as any mortal would have done. In accepting responsibility for every mistake of his government, he said he expects the understanding and magnanimity of Nigerians. In every line of his speech Babangida valiantly tried to rewrite history, using a combination of half-truths, meaningless phrases and outright lies. \n\nBabangida's desperation is hardly surprising. Throughout his eight-year reign, he was very concerned with his place in history. Everything he did and said he had an eye on the verdict of history. Luckily for him, as military president he had enormous goodwill. He charmed the nation with his toothy smiles and confused the people with the constant twists and turns in his social engineering policies that Nigerians practically ate from his hands. But then Babangida mistook his heroism for immortality; he assumed that popularity was synonymous with sainthood. He overreached himself, dribbled the people once too many and annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential elections. It is a measure of Babangida's perfidy tha
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I'm not sure how this fits into the Politics and Government category, but yes, I have many.  Ahmet Kaya, Ibrahim Tatlises, Pamela, to name a few.\n\nHere are a couple of links for you to check out also.
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don't vote....basedon one's definition of corruption, most, if not all politicians are corrupt to some extent....though only a few reach criminal levels of corruption
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for most of the politicans its difficult to be truthful.for example in india 90% of polictians are not truthful.theycharacter can be estimated by there background .some of them have bad histories. recently some politicans have been accused of taking of bribes.unless the values of the politicans change the country cant cannot develop\nthey to be faithfull to the people who elected them
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No certain African countries have become to dependant on aid every year hundreds of million's are given to these countries and the following year they are back for more.There is something seriously wrong with the governments in these countries
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it is Zimbabwe which has that record and please expect more records from them until they come up with a better team amd new policies.\n\nl wish my beloved country the best.
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NO! History has proven time and again across Africa that Presidents who stay in office too long become tyrants. Obasanjo may be an excellent leader and a popular President, but if he stays in office too long he will make democracy impossible in Nigeria.
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How can you have an honest country? Do you mean an honest government? I don't think anyone has made billions of people take the 'honest test'.
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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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Try this website for information on the obstacles African nations face in achieving political stability and economic prosperity:\n\nhttp://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v2/v2i3a3.htm
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Nelson Mandela WAS the most famous but hello he isn't the president of S.A any longer. I think probably Robert Mugabe or thabo Mbeki.
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THEY ARE ALL FAKES.\n\nALSO DONT BELIEVE THE MAILS FROM "BARRISTERS, SOLICITERS" OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES,
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I think Tony Blair is a decent person. As a politician, however, his refusal to admit wrong doing in entering Iraq has scarred him very deeply in peoples opinion of him . His term in office has seen several deceptions of the British (and international) public, from Iraq to the trusworthiness of the cabinet whom he surrounds himself with.\nIf his argument is one of compassion, then why not depose Robert Mugabe, who is as deplorable as Hussein. \n\nCompassion cannot be selective, It would seem that Blair's has been shown to be.
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good answer in politics, ty. As to Kenya, send me a comment at the link below. I talk with many there. Most are in refugee camps. I can show you how you can talk with them free. If you ask someone there, they will check for you.
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This guy?:\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1123006.stm