I Think The Imf Helped To Detonate

The Russian Drama Began At The End Of 1991, When The Soviet Union Mercifully Ended. Russia And 14 Other New Countries Emerged From The Ruins Of The Soviet Union. Every One Of Those 15 New States Faced A Profound Historical, Economic, Financial, Social And Political Challenge.

Deep Down, If We Really Accept That Their Lives - African Lives - Are Equal To Ours, We Would All Be Doing More To Put The Fire Out. Its An Uncomfortable Truth.

Unfortunately, The Real Focus In This Country Has Not Been On The Rest Of The World. It's Been On Our Own Issues And Our Own Problems. Fair Enough. But It Means That Our Simple Hopes That Everything Will Just Work Out Abroad Aren't Really Coming To Pass.

Every Morning Our Newspapers Could Read, 'more Than 20,000 People Perished Yesterday Of Extreme Poverty.' How? The Poor Die In Hospital Wards That Lack Drugs, In Villages That Lack Antimalarial Bed Nets, In Houses That Lack Safe Drinking Water. They Die Namelessly, Without Public Comment. Sadly, Sad Stories Rarely Get Written.

The Essence Of Africa's Crises Is Fundamentally It's Extreme Poverty.