Sub-Sahara Africa suffers a death rate of app. 30,000 per day. Most of the deaths are because of malnutrition. This staggering figure is despite the app. $ 500 billion ( todays dollars) that Africa has received in aid since the 1960s. Things have actually gotten worse since the aid started. Why? Because the aid has actually exacerbated the problem. The aid which takes the form of life- saving and life-prolonging drugs along with food assistance has propelled a population growth that requires ever increasing aid. This has not been offset with an equally agressive birth control effort. Therefore sub-Sahara birth rates per woman are 3 times faster than the DONOR nations. Africans are having 4.5 children per woman versus the European/American 1.5 children per woman .That kind of math will never come out with a sustainable balance.
The overpopulation has created a breeding monster that ravages the African soil until it can't support crop growth anymore. When droughts come as they always have and always will, it is the last straw in the African's fragile existence. They are forced to migrate in search of food and water to cities or neighboring countries. And then the genocidal wars start.
For whatever reasons, Africans in general have never advanced themselves scientifically and culturally to be able to use state of the art drugs in a judicious balanced way that offsets their birth rates. Consequently its up to the donor nations to impose a discipline of birth control . There should be no aid without an a plan for birth reduction.
A long term plan for African stability should recognize the inherent difference of Africans with other nations and take advantage of those strengths and weaknesses. . It's strengths are the natural geographical beauties and the relatively untouched ecosystems. This is a perfect surrounding for eco-tourism and land conservations. It's indigeous peoples are more suited for the related employment opportunities.
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