Africa’s Reform Efforts

Charles Kwalonue Sunwabe writes "...Two observations need to be made about Africa’s leadership preoccupation with making excuses for their actions and the blaming of others for Africa’s dilemmas: first, by blaming outsiders, mainly westerners much needed energy, time and creative resources are wasted unproductively while attention is diverted away from the leadership’s own moral failures. In simple terms, a man who does not address his own shortcomings is incapable of solving his own problems. The vast majority of Africa’s woes are easily attributed to internal causes - the problems lie in Africa and the solutions are internal, not external. Second, it needs to be made clear to African leaders that when the West or the East comes to Africa, it is not because they inherently love Africa; but instead, foreign countries and entities come to Africa to pursue their own interests...."
Via The Perspective