Hundreds of Africans get drown in the mediterian evreyday trying to cross to Europe, The same with Irakis, syrians etc.All roads are leading to the North ,terrestial the paradise.These people are fleeing conflicts famine and bad life.They believe getting to Europe they will automatically give meaning to their terrestial existence.
During His visit to Niamey on september 21st Tchadian president had this to say."The refuggee crises is European creation, most conflicts in Africa and elsewhere are teleguided from Europe secondly all of African riches is found in the North .It is there that most of Africas raw material is transformed.The solution to the refugee crises is for the west to stop supporting conflicts in Africa and not in building barbed wires"
yes most of Africas raw material is transformed in the North and even the little that Africa gets in terms of income from her raw materials and loans go back to the west (capital flight) through the following avenues:
Most infrstructures in Africa (roads , bridges, railways , seaports etc )are built by foreijgn companies despite the fact that for close to 60years of indipendence we have been training engineers and managers.
Close to sixty year of indipendence all our vital services (management of Household waste, water system, energy supplies etc ) are still managed by foreign companies.
I was shocked to my marrow the other day when I saw an African head jf state complaining bitterly that his close aide was briefly detained in Europe , reason being that he might have taken bribe of 300thousand euros to award a contract ( of 9 million euros) for the supply of millitary uniform to his country's armed forcees.Close to sixty years after invdipendence we dont have qualified tailors to sew our millitary uniforms!
In addition to this capital flight a civil war comes up ;or a broil with a neighboring country and the raw material is staked to buy weapons and the population suffers.
This is why we produce latex yet an average african owner of second hand car from the north cant buy new tyers for his car .He contents he or herselve with tyers that have failed the road worthy test in the North.That is how Africans die every day of accidents caused by tyer poncture(Living by the river and washing ones face with spittle)
That is why we produce cotton and cloth ourselves from the dust bins of the west
The solution to many youths is then to emmigrate to seek for greener pastures
God save Africa
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