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  I really do not know the answer to Africa's problems and quite frankly, no-one does. We have seen £billions of aid pumped in over decades with little apparent impact. There was one report a couple of years ago that suggested aid itself was a problem (the small proportion that does not get into the pockets of dictators that is...) It said that aid was itself an export of Africa as a result of which African countries did not have the incentives to address the core issues they have. They certainly do not have the leadership. The big problem is a real catch 22 though. Stop aid and people will die but, if the report is right, it could force long term changes that could save millions in the future. But what a decision to make and with no certainty of success.... It is a very sad situation indeed.
  
  Many of these countries were far better off under British colonial rule. One example is North and Southern Rhodesia, once the breadbaskets of Africa and now they are ruled by tinpot dictators while their people in Zimbabwe and Uganda starve.

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