It appears with some surprise (not) the election is being rigged in Zimbabwe. Or has been rigged. If the result were yet known. Which we all do know, but officially hasn't been released. An emergency summit of South African nations is taking place in Zambia. This will be where other lackadaisical African presidents wonder if they have got enough gumption to comment on the matter. Lets certainly not consider action, which would be far from their abilities. Nope, especially as the UK has been brandished so Imperialistic. We may have been 200 years ago, but now the only thing nationalistic is our own currency.
I am in the process of reading a book titled "Blood River" it is the story of a reporter who decided to take time out from writing about wars and travel the route Stanley took through what is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). One of the conclusions I constantly come across is the potential of Africa. If the various countries were able to act like real countries should do rather than have constant internal strife then the African continent would be the richest in the world. It's deposits of rare metals and precious stones are unique. Indeed the Uranium used in the Atom bombs dropped on Japan in the second World War came from the DRC. It is with awe when I read of Nigeria (from the web) which has over 250 ethnic groupings.
On paper African states should rule the world but in reality they are suffering extreme poverty. This is something to get real crazy about. Too often famine is associated with one African state or another, too often scheming and corrupt politicians and worse still the ever increasing death toll of ordinary citizens.
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