Africa has
been the sick man of the world for decades. While the rest of the world
has moved on to greater things, our continent remains notorious for
poverty, conflicts, rudderless governments and corruption. Africa’s
abundance of natural, human and mineral wealth has become the bane and
curse of its progress, rather than a catalyst.
From our
deserts and deltas flow endless streams of high-grade petroleum and our
earth constantly belches some of the world’s finest minerals. Our lands
are fertile and our forests are lush. Our people are young, hardworking
and many millions strong. But Africa is lost, lost behind the rest of
the world.
Africa’s
leaders have failed it and continue to sabotage its glowing destiny.
Greed, selfishness and arrogance have turned us against one another. Our
dysfunctional military juntas and democracies have continued to rob the
people blind. There is more than enough wealth to go around in Africa
but the 'significant' few have cornered the commonwealth for themselves
and their generations unborn.
