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Lesotho: Why Africa is so poor

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 @ 12:46 UTC

by Sokari Ekine

Countries:: Lesotho
Topics:: Business, Development, Economics, Governance

Sotho has an excellent post on “Why Africa is so Poor“……………..”Africa is waking up, however, and I hope it does so in my lifetime. The present state of affairs has lasted long enough. It is time to swing things around. I urge you to visit Timbuktu Chronicles if you want to see just how Africa is waking up.”

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