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Africa Has Become 'Less Safe, Secure and Democratic' in Past Decade, Report Finds
Africa is less safe, secure and democratic than a decade ago, with insecurity holding back progress in health, education and economic opportunities, according to an assessment of the continent. From a report: The Ibrahim index of African governance, which examines how well governments have delivered on policies and services, including security, health, education, rights and democratic participation, said Covid had contributed to the stalling of progress over the past three years. Mo Ibrahim, a Sudan-born businessman who launched the index in 2007, said economic opportunities and human development had improved "quite a lot" across Africa over the past 10 years. "But on the other hand, we see other forces pulling us back. The security and safety of our people is deteriorating," he said. Ibrahim said he was concerned the climate crisis would lead to more conflict over resources, as already seen in parts of Nigeria, Darfur and the Sahel, and worried about the impact of the war in Ukraine on development indicators across the continent.
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Let's send billions more in IMF and world bank loans that they can't repay and that the people will never see. This problem should be fixed in literally minutes.
Let's also send $100,000,000,000 in "climate change aid" so that they can convert from wood fires to solar and wind energy.
this is all corruption corruption corruption
African countries are rich in natural resources of all sorts, not just mineral wealth.
but the few siphon off the riches, and even though they could, do nothing for their citizens.
sociopaths rule everywhere it seems.
I would be interested in reading something that examines corruption and whether you can ever get rid of it. it seems like a hole you can never climb out of.
Zelensky is currently on a big anti corruption drive in Ukraine https://www.bbc.com/news/world... [bbc.com] , it will be curious to see if his changes will result in meaningful long term change as prior to the war Ukraine was one of the most corrupt countries in Europe.
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Yeah, most world leaders arent used to being treated so rudely.
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Why does Ukraine running anti-corruption campaigns sound a lot like the hairband junkies from the 80s who would do Just Say No anti-drug commercials in order to finance their drug addiction.
Zelensky was an actor before he became a politician. Both jobs are quite compatible for obvious reasons.
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Zelensky is also Jewish, but Russia invaded because apparently Ukraine had a nazi problem?
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Or instead of being a pessimist we could wait to see the end result and hope for the best.
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Was that your opinion about leaders like Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi?
Right - optimism is only for when its 'your guy' shoveling billions of American dollars at dubious foreign leadership..
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Please explain to me how aid to Iraq somehow means we shouldn't be supporting Ukraine.
Also, given Zelensky is obviously following through on his anti corruption pledge that he was elected on I'm not sure how you make the "dubious foreign leadership" claim stick to him.
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Uh huh. You know what wars are fucking great for?
Laundering money.
I'll believe that whole anti-corruption pledge when the rest of a planet starts to notice a chance in the addicts behavior. Until then, it's a promise to get clean again. And he swears this time will be different. It's nothing like before when a cokehead son was laundering for a corrupt VP coincidentally in the same country. Honest.
Audit the living FUCK out of every dollar. When the auditors actually live to present a report, then I'l
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Sounds like he was a stooge installed by the CIA and it went bad.
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If you're speaking as a foreigner, it must be nice.
If you're speaking as an American, how much more would you like to pay for, taxpayer? Is a trillion enough for "little" Ukraine, or should we make it two? I mean fuck, who's counting? The Government certainly isn't.
Looking across thousands of years of human history, there isn't anything left to be pessimistic about when it comes to obscene greed. There is only the reality of it.
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You make it sound like Russia was right for invading Ukraine. Look it's fine because they were corrupt.
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Just stating a well known fact. Just because their country is more corrupt then it should be doesn't mean Ukrainians don't deserve their own country with their own free elections (unlike Russia)
I am in fact an avid supporter of our Ukraine aid and you can find multiple posts by me debunking nonsense anti Ukraine posts. Never the less it is a fact that Ukraine has a corruption problem and said problem could seriously hamper their rebuilding effort when this war is over so I hope Zelensky is as good as fighti
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I hope Zelensky is as good as fighting corruption as he is at running a war time country as those folks are going to need just as strong of a leader while rebuilding their country.
That makes it sound like you're putting your hopes in benevolent dictatorship.
No matter how great Zelensky shows himself to be during this war for independence, what needs to happen afterwards is a peaceful transition of power to a successor chosen in a fair election and whose powers are limited by the rule of law.
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Zelensky is hardly a dictator. He won a fair election by a landslide [bbc.com] toppling the prior government, and he's shown no signs of opposing free elections in the four years he's served.
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He won an election, that was almost certainly aided by CIA tampering. A few Russian backed internet trolls spent what amounted to a few $100K posting some anti-HRC online and half of not just our public but our government threw a massive fit, for 2+ years.
Every criticism of Trump's legitimacy applies to Zelensky and then some.
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Oh great, so you must have some sort of supporting evidence for this belief? Or are you just sporting your hardon for anti Ukraine rhetoric here as is your habit.
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I didn't say he came to office unfairly. I also wouldn't call him a dictator, although the distinction is almost moot point during wartime.
But the last great test of a victorious wartime leader is how he steps down.
If Zelensky leads Ukraine to victory he will have the nation in the palm of his hand, and could win elections (even fair ones!) for decades. That's very risky and usually leads to a Robert Mugabe type outcome.
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Why is that a worry? Ukraine has a two term limit on its presidency and Zelesky has only served one and if he wins this war for them he's likely to be re-elected.
Okay.... you seem to be doubting this will happen and I have no idea why.
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Great now once you fill in the gap between what they deserve and where our obligation to purchase it for them comes from I'll think about supporting this bullshit war of choice. Till then I am voting for anyone who promises to stop mortgaging our children futures to fight a war we have no real national interest in or at the very least far more to lose than we have to gain.
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We have no obligations that we dont make for ourselves in this.
And that's just fine. Meanwhile I will continue to vote for those that think we should support fellow democracies so that others in other countries are free to voice unpopular opinions as you have done here.
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How did you feel about Iraq and Afghanistan?
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Ukraine had been changing from before the war as well. Trump didn't believe it, because Putin told him otherwise, but it was changing. Zelensky was famous for his TV show which mocks the corruption and oligarchs. Zelensky was the anti-oligarch vote essentially. But it's a long process from kicking out the Putin puppet to getting a government that people can start to trust again.
But you'll never convince the pro-Russian apologists of this.
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If Zelensky is half as good at fighting corruption as he is running a war time country he should be able to initiate meaningful change in terms of corruption. I'm hoping for a win for him on this.
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