Byline: SHERYL McCARTHY
White farmers are murdered by black squatters in Zimbabwe. United Nations peacekeepers are captured by rebel troops in Sierra Leone. A billion dollars stolen by Nigeria's former president turns up in European bank accounts. Six countries are drawn into a civil war in the Congo.
Meanwhile, thousands of Ethiopians are starving (again) because of famine and war and more than 22 million sub-Saharan Africans are afflicted with the AIDS virus. These are some headlines from Africa's continuing saga of chaos and misery. Africa is a mess, and the question is why.
Sure, African countries are still dealing with the legacy of …
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