1. DISTURBING CONTRASTS

It is surprising the impression one can have when he goes or travels around Africa for the first time. Cool people, nice places, plenty of natural resources, nice people always having a smile on their face and having good attitude. This impression raised suddenly a disturbing question in the mind of the visitor: why those nice people are not able to create, generate nice environment so that they can live in peace, harmony and prosperity? Especially, to this, you can add the religious devotion making of those africans a "race of saints"!

In 1991, when I visited Rwanda for the first time, I was litteraly pounded by the religious devotion and courteousy of its population. 3 years later, I learned that those I was revering were masterminds and key players of the genocide. How do I reconcile what I saw before 1994 with what has happened after April 1994 in Rwanda?

In Senegal, Wade has shown, from his young age to his old age, an exemple of consistency in his fight for alternative leadership. Finally, as an octogenarian he comes to power thanks to alternative leadership. His motto for his presidential campaign was "sopi": change, alternance. But once in power, he has not been able to offer an alternance to poverty, to war in the Casamance, to ...democratic alternance.

In the D R Congo, Mobutu was hued because of his institutional corruption. This was the reason for the need of liberation. But once the Kabila in power, massive lootings, institutionalized corruption and lack of positive leadership is the rule. The Lutundula Committee set up by the National Parliament was disdained by the looters who are still in control of the Kinshasa power.

The list can go on and on.
But the question remains: what is going wrong? Who is to blame? How is that those africans, some brilliants, politicians are not able to change the fate of their citizens? Why are they academically giants but unable to run the affairs of their countries? WHY AFRICA IS ALWAYS FAILING?

The answers evolved around Markets, national unity(divisions), national policies (leadership), International conspiracy(piracy). I hope to develop each of those points soon. Unless someone does it better than I.