"The West's Debt to Africans"

The West's Debt to Africans
Africa is poor and destined to remain poor for quite some time because of bad governance, failure to develop natural resources, corruption, inadequate or non-existent primary educational, scientific and technical training. Western countries and Euro-America are rich, because they have good governance, have developed their natural resources, have credible legal systems that are able to deal effectively with corruption, have educated their populations, and have a wealth of scientific and technical skills. This script, for some, adequately contrasts the poverty and the wealth of nations.

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IRAQ IN BLACK
THE COUNTRY DOMINATES WORLD NEWS, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ITS HISTORY OF SLAVERY REMAINS LITTLE KNOWN.

Powerful lobbying by black communities led to C of E slavery apology and the fight for reparations will continue, say activists
Reports last week in the mainstream press made quite a meal of the Church of England (C of E) apology over its participation in what Europeans refer to as ‘The Transatlantic Slave Trade.’ Using emotional quotes from Archbishop Rowan Williams referring to “the shame and the sinfulness of our predecessors” and its “repentance and apology” not being “words alone”; once again the British establishment has tried to claim the moral high ground on the issue of ‘The African Holocaust.’ Nowhere in any of the news reports the mainstream media offered up was there any mention of the involvement of reparations movements, campaign groups and church leaders from the black communities.

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Demonstrators demand Preval be declared president of Haiti
Some 10,000 people demonstrated in the Haitian capital, demanding Rene Preval be declared president even though it was unclear if he could reach the 50 percent needed to win the election outright.

The West Can't Save Africa
It was the year that the West tried harder than ever to save Africa -- 2005. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last January, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for "a big, big push forward" to end poverty -- to be financed by an increase in traditional foreign aid. He put that cause at the top of the agenda of the Group of Eight summit in Scotland in July. The G-8 agreed to double foreign aid to Africa, from $25 billion a year to $50 billion, and to forgive the African aid debt incurred in previous years to fund previous (unsuccessful) "big pushes." Rock celebrity Bob Geldof assembled well-known bands -- virtually none from Africa -- for "Live 8" concerts in nine countries around the world to urge G-8 leaders to "Make Poverty History."

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Video shows British troops brutally beating Iraqi children inside military compound. Video shows corpse.

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