[MrPiper]

bottom line ... it is bad ... very bad ... downright evil, over there.

And since the British left, this surprises ...ah, who?

[Oldexpat]

This is all George Bush’s fault. If Tony Blair were still in power the Brits would still be in Kenya and take care of this.

[Cronos]

And since the British left, this surprises ...ah, who?

well, I think the hasty aftermath of colonialism hastened many of these conflicts. These people are in a state akin to Europe before the Romans --> tribes, tribal affiliations etc. It's as if the Romans conquered the Celts in Britannia and then, before uniting them as one people, they left. This is of course exacerbated by the idea of the modern nation state and modern economies: both of which were centuries ahead of Sub-saharan civilisations.

The only cure to Africa's ills are: 1. break up all the states that are there now south of the Sahara: these boundaries are in any case artificial, colonial boundaries that don't understand tribal lines, 2. Set up an Africa federation (I don't expect the Berber and ARab states or Ethiopia to join), 3. let the tribes have their mini-counties all within this federation

The economics for this federation would, as history shows be run by peoples from China, India, Pakistan, France, England etc.