Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
Over population is a completely separate issue. This is about a major class division.

Its a societal breakdown.
A failing of governments.
People left to rot.
There's no solution to the problems in the African countries. The issues there are so complex, they have their own people ripping them off blind, the education levels are so low that they believe all the propaganda and many of the countries have no chance.

Take a look at Zimbabwe as one example, the whole country has been destroyed, the farms that once gave Zimbabwe most of it's income have been mostly destroyed for the sake of quick gains selling farm equipment off cheap. Since 1990 life expectancy has dropped from 60 to 44. Over 1.5 million have HIV and this is spreading rapidly. No amount of money, food or medical aid will help them, they have to want to help themselves and fight for change.

The East Africa Bureau Chief for the New York Times sums it up well - Africa's Forever Wars: Why the Continent's Conflicts Never End - By Jeffrey Gettleman | Foreign Policy