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Article by the Mazs Yebus

there have been several initiatives in recent years, the purpose of Out of Africa out of poverty. These measures include the United Nations Millennium Development Goals reflect the more global initiatives like the single initiative of Sir Bob Geldolf. Get rid of poverty in Africa is such a hot topic, an expression of Google returns 32 million times.

common basis of all these initiatives, private or otherwise, is assumed, the plight of Africa can be traced back to one or several factors, most of them in her control. Inexhaustible list include poor governance, trade at a disadvantage (closed market) around the world, the wealth of mining history in Africa and global financial institutions in the adverse conditions. Even pure racism has been accused in extreme cases. Why do any of this menu item is acceptable, although an uneasy indictment of the plight of the continent. Africa is the victim, period! Recent initiatives are based on the belief (which we most especially in the West), once Africa is to provide financial aid, trade and better conditions, will be poverty history. In my opinion, these are the plight of Africa, part of the solution.

If Africa is to escape from poverty, action list is not complete unless the change in attitudes and increase awareness of Africa. African countries require the attitudes and perceptions as a prerequisite for the eradication of poverty change is not particularly Jewish food, especially when we Africans who subscribe to the helpless situation of the victims. Active verbs Africans will not contact me every time I raised a bargepole attitude to Africa.

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good enough, if Africa has become a great success, and again, she would change her family and friends for their own nationals attitude. Those of us living abroad witness, perhaps the lack of too many books, how so-called experts to Africa is only the first in their country of origin for more staff. Africa’s happy hard currency to pay so-called experts, rather than to African professionals abroad, who can do the job, get paid in local currency.

A friend asked me why Sir Bob Geldof in Africa need to fight her cause there are so many Africans living abroad, contented life, and some people in the dirty and abject poverty. Sir Geldof my honor, I envy. But the Cavaliers have two things I was him going, which is beyond the reach of most Africans living abroad. No, not money and fame, but white and foreign! Particularly in Africa, how he can believe that this spirit is an angel of mercy. You make me a little intoxicated.

As the importance of fisheries to Ghana, it beggars understanding of how the Ministry of Fisheries officers may not stop the opportunity to break the 30-year car Nansen (foreign research vessels) and the continuous dependence of foreigners (Norway) in Ghana area of ​​scientific investigation.

In 2006, and as a researcher, Ocean Research Institute, I stumbled upon the idea of ​​a project, which may be involved in training staff and in Ghana, the Ministry of Infrastructure and fisheries institutions in the acquisition of close cooperation Ghana and I live in the country. I was advised where to obtain funds and the initiative came from Ghana. I personally went to Tema, which I bear the full cost of the private port city, and discussed what to do. Back to Europe, I made a draft document Tema, asked for more information, this is my most familiar opponent Ghana. As I write, I’m still waiting for a response from Ghana.

Just last week, today I called the director of a government ministry in Ghana, with a project proposal based on the environmental monitoring and risk mitigation in advanced technology. This proposal has received my Norwegian colleague, H is the Director of Ghana who speak the same positive response. After a conversation (read the monologue) about 10 minutes, I get is “your proposal does not sound like you have a country and the heart. I recently in Norway, we are talking about how to help us Norwegians.” Yes, he In Norway, I can not give a Hellway Holt if he had. The fact is that Norwegians do not know now I want to give him. My biggest mistake, though, is to present Sam from Ghana himself from Kare Gulbrandsdalen rather than in Norway.

“My frustration and futile attempt to directory is a long one. Perhaps this is just my curse chain project, I do not know. On the most recent version, and panel discussions with professionals in Africa, I sense to my experience is far from isolated. My Nigerian friends, and he specialized in petroleum engineering is one type of weather, about how he tried to get the job with the Nigerian oil company to become very depressed, he decided to let and overseas company. Later, he was sent to Nigeria as a conversion (in their own countries) and provide all rights to it. He and who request services? your guess might be right!

When Speaking to seek EU funding for research, Emmanuel, Ghana, perhaps the most successful people I know. He tells about how in Accra, to seek introduction of EU research funds, a waiter, said: “Tell the President (referring to the European people) to bring the money, we will find diverse projects. For me, it was a symbol of the attitude of the second, prevent any attempt to escape poverty and out of Africa.

The reading of the world right or wrong. We read the world wrong, that it deceives us. (Tagore ,1861-1941)

Africa really that important, why should the world care and rest? What, in addition to moral commitment to help the West out of Africa out of poverty? Morality is the basis of newly discovered call that help, they give children or the presence of flowers – perhaps the revival?

The change is needed in others the importance of Africa, the world view. Pain because it may be, leaders need someone to terms with the hard fact that the demise, or even completely disappeared in Africa, may mean not to the West. And the best, it may provide a new business, somewhere:. “Come to Africa Park, enjoy the experience of using the highest continent, called Africa” ​​

We believe in the importance of African mineral resources and agricultural products, she offers the world. The development of biotechnology and gene pace, this is a matter of time somewhere in the West a research institute announced its ability to transfer genes, for example, cocoa plants, growth in the West. In fact, there is no in growing countries such as Italy and Portugal, cocoa or coffee, if these countries really stand in this way intended to take a project. On the other hand, India and Brazil are the two big countries, together, can cover all aspects of agricultural production in Africa. China’s mineral resources, whether you are not completely indispensable. Modern technology can find alternatives, if you need to be adjusted.

We sold out during the Cold War, when Africa has real strategic value of global peace cheaper. We accept the snow plow and youth education brainwashing people in the narrow and non-aligned people fake exchange. Our post-colonial leaders failed to cash in on the East-West competition for the loyalty of the continent’s development infrastructure and access to the technology era. Africa is a distant number of countries in Asia, the birth, which she admired so much desire to learn today of the midwives.

Today, Africa is in the sale, now China’s second stage. Do not get me wrong, I do not quarrel with the Chinese. At this moment in history, if China does not exist, Africa will have to invent her. Even if no country on this planet (the Chinese understand this), has achieved remarkable development in any form, especially in the fight against poverty, there is no serious technical development, it is sad to see her role as an African acceptable raw material producers and farmers of the world. Even worse, to see African leaders to seek the liberation of the mainland by VisualCron. Chinese Historical Society of the importance of how to deal with Africa – as a cheap source of raw materials. Version with the rest of the world and foreign charity friendships, Africa has not from her past mistakes.

what ordinary Africans stand to gain from the recent China July 11, 2008 confirmed friendships, Russia and China vetoed US-proposed UN Security Council sanctions imposed in response to the first round of elections in Zimbabwe, voting in presidential elections violence in March and runoff in June 2008. Sudan, with her five billion U.S. dollars of oil reserves, it is important to China. Sudan China’s oil consumption of about 7 and the Sudan oil block% 6 (Adila) extends to the south of Darfur. The BBC Panorama show how China planned for 2008, in defiance of the United Nations embargo, the Sudanese government forces. In addition to providing nearly 70% of her small arms, aircraft and Chinese Fantan K – 8 (and Russia MI24s) have released Beybey VisualCron innocent, unarmed civilians, and local Sudanese hell. China to help the Sudanese government to let her on the world stage the way, and threatened to veto Security Council resolutions, it may lead to differences. This is the interpretation of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, as long as Africa remains the farmers.

, while the buyers (other parts of the world) completely determines the price of African products to get put off the task of poverty in Africa will remain a fleeting illusion, noble pursuit, but can not be achieved in one generation. Frankly, the status of other parts of the world and comfort. How important it is that Africa is the world.

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many foreign governments from the foreign governments want nothing to do. They will never really willing to help you until you have, you do not stop Patrolwoman strong to conquer complex. (Giuseppe Mazzini, 1805-1872)

Finally, the African leaders seem to have overlooked one simple fact about the sincerity and the West can go far, and are willing to go to eradicate poverty in Africa. That historically have not received so many donors to give to the needy beggars take him (the donor) standard of living.

“Call me a cynic, but why this is: After days of negotiations, nine, the World Trade Organization talks in 2008, due to the differences between the U.S. and India, the so-called special safeguard mechanism (SSM) to collapse. What SSM, boils down to is through a mechanism to protect the country will impose import surges or price declines in some products, particularly agricultural tariff measures aimed at poor farmers. African countries want to discuss cotton and banana exports down. Burkina Faso Trade Minister Mamadou Faso Sanou, said: “We are difficult to control the anger of the people”, while Kenya’s trade minister calls Lukenyata Ukraine, stressed the collapse of the “serious damage” to fight poverty, and that “Africa’s development needs to achieve critical and let themselves out of poverty through the establishment of fair trade rather than aid. “

spare me your mood, Mr. Minister of Trade, but Western governments have a more noble task, it is understandable that people lift themselves out of poverty relative to domestic. Tell me about even one from a tower, she life, so that his people out of poverty to 1% of Africans by Western standards, a single country and a willingness to decrease. In the West, the recent bailout plan, I will come back later.

Unfortunately, things long-term standard of living is dynamic, in its definition and content of the glaciers. more money and material values ​​is one of the higher standard is to promote the capacity. African leaders have missed the point. the scale of which African governments are measuring the success of eradication of extreme poverty is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal 1: By 2015, “half in less than a dollar a day to reduce the proportion of people turning vehicles.” everything is good, I need to emphasize that my background is not economics. But the fact that given the current inflation rate, the majority of Africans live in U.S. dollar 1 a day over 2015 years and continue to live in extreme poverty, thinking people?

If the oil price in the end of 2008 level (more than 100 U.S. dollars per barrel), the corresponding prices in the rest of Africa will remain up. Governments will have to raise wages to meet the cost of living. The fact is that Even a pity will experience a drop down effect. This means that, in principle, if not you can afford the cost of 300USD car today, tomorrow you will not be able to bear, if I give you 300USD, while improving the car price 600USD. your relatives will improve the financial situation, but you will not have a better absolute value. This is what I call poverty has doubled.

Africa will rise againI no doubt that Africa will rise again . versions have the prerequisites to achieve this dream. After nearly 50 years after the colonial rule of the self, we need to accept restrictions on how long we can continue to prosecute and the holder of the Statute of the moral dilemma of Western ransom.

Perhaps the greatest harm in Africa in recent years have been those who have their own requirements with commitment to the Western world, morally, to help her out of poverty. But if Africa is to escape from poverty itself, we must continue to dare to face reality in the a mirror of reality. We should have their own views challenged, and how to effectively perceive the world, we believe that Africa. like walking into a mirror, which may be uncomfortable – we will not be as beautiful, we thought we. version It will help chart the reality of Africa Action, of course, this will bring benefits that people poor people.

We owe it to ourselves and future generations! Well, maybe future generations will find out in the base paste would rather go to other places in Africa look for it outside of the mainland.

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