will a united africa significantly impact the world?
545950
It has the potential to fix a lot of problems. Maybe we can stop worrying about fighting that battle and work on healing the continent/country(at that point). It would help to better the world as a whole and allow many new points of view and plans to better the world come to fruition.
516586
well considering the rest of africa... robert mugabe, thabo mbeki, its really not much of an achievement
1004989
Sigh.  It is frustrating to see though the West might have the best intentions, they still have no idea what is going on in Africa. How will redrawing borders solve any problems at all? It is certainly not borders that are causing the immense amount of poverty and disease that plagues Africa.  Redrawing borders will only cause confusion, especially considering that there are thousands of tribes in Africa: 73 in Zambia alone.  Most African tribes get along swell, and they got along even better before colonialism.  \n     What Africa needs is not United Nations intervention (Oh God that would be a nightmare), or religion, or democracy (almost, if not all the countries in Africa, are "democracies", at least assert that they are), or birth control, or whatever other easy solutions Westerners come up with.They need justice: an equal share of the worlds resources so that they can have money to feed their families, educate their children, and fight the diseases that plague their continent.\nBut, as Bono says, Westerners are good at charity, they are terrible at justice.  So, we'll see what happens.
553014
The American government isn't doing anything to help Africa at all. There are American Christian organizations that send aid to Africa like the Red Cross from the Catholics. The Bible belt doesn't give them anything they are just cheating the public, and lining there pocket's for themselves. TV Evangelists are scam artists, that money never gets to the poor people of Africa,(They are thieves). That is why the problem never gets any better.
145092
Since de-colonization, the West has paid very little attention to Africa. Yes, food is sent to some regions, occasionally, but we haven't helped nearly as much as we could (there's a genocide in Darfur, by the way. how many people know that?) Africa has very little resources to interest the West. Is is also a very unstable region, which is why no one wants to move their business there. Because the economy is so poor, there is more poverty and instability; the cycle never seems to end. In the near future, as China further develops its economic power, you'll start to see a lot of the low wage manufacturing jobs move out of China and into Africa.\n\nThe best way for you to help is to ask questions and get other people interested. There is a really great start up program called One Here, One There. It's a pilot program starting at Stetson University in Deland, FL and hoping to go nation-wide soon. For one $20 donation, you can send a child in Africa to school for an entire year. Books, transportation, everything. For one year. (for more info, contact Stetson University)
823851
yes. don't laugh but i would like to help out the african nations. i feel that the countries and people there have been forgotten by the first world countries. \n\nCommon american attitude: who cares about people who are dying of AIDS or malaria in africa when i'm here at home comtemplating whether i should get my breast augmented. hey i think dancing with the stars is on. omg, i can't believe they broke up! did you see what maria was wearing last nite? god, i'm so fat. why can't i find a man? my life sucks etc...\n\ni am willing to run the risk of being murdered over there so long as i have the opportunity to help clean up corrupt governments and help people \n\ni just wish people would care more about other issues besides the ones that directly affect them.
1033270
if your waiting for the united nations to get off their butts and do something about genocide and injustice...good luck..\n\nseems they are only there anymore to pad their pockets and run down america which pays over 20% of their annual operating cost...\n\nin theory a "united nations" is a good thing...in practicality it has proven to be a bust....
726017
Africa is the only continent
627054
Yes it could but it would take a very long time and alot of efforts have to be made by the African countries' governments and also other developed countries of the world.
57927
No.  It comes from industrialization.  Most western nations have been industrialized for some time and it generates wealth.  Africa has resources, but have corrupt governments and tribalism that is hampering its ability to industrialize.  You have to get a centralized government that functions and have rules of trade that will allow people to earn profit for a country to industrialize.  Unless that happens, poor nations will stay poor.  It is not the work of the western world keeping them poor.  It is up to them to make it work.
642502
I think of Africa as a place - the continent that contains a diversity of terrains, countries, peoples, and cultures. It is home to those things you mentioned - the African racial group, the Sahara and Namibian deserts, African elephants, but it is also home of Egypt, with its ancient history, and Nigeria, with its rapid growth partially fueled by oil reserves, and Rwanda, a site of tribal genocide. It is the home of dwindling numbers of gorillas and chimpanzees, and Charlize Theron and Desmond Tutu, of the Darfur region of Sudan. Many countries are impoverished, especially the landlocked ones or ones that have suffered from the lack of economic development or borders carved out by European colonial interests that may make little sense today. While there is poverty and AIDS in many places, there is also some progress toward sustainable development and gender equality.
678448
From Oceania none, and South Africa yes (South Africa is just one country, not a continent, or more contries)
484235
No, because action is being taken by the African Union peacekeeping force\n\nHowever, the AU is struggling and the UN wants to step in (see link on UN request to deploy military planners)\n\nAnd UN countries won't commit forces to be solely managed by AU military leadership as it is not as mature as something like NATO
368531
No. I think it affects the whole world. Oil is a global necessity.
890527
The United States is trying so hard to appease Muslim nations... which is okay... and not Terrorists like the EU. Sudan is the first thing the AU, African Union, has to resolve. Plus the victims in Sudan are Christians... no one cares about Christians today. Sudan, like much of Africa is Poor and if the U.S.A doesn't do anything about this terrorist organizations will set up a stronghold in Africa.
324702
It would be unfair to categorize people as stupid, lazy or any other name without having a more in depth grasp of the situation people in these countries are living. I'm from Senegal, West Africa, English is my third language, yet I feel I have more brains than certain people that will use such a medium to speak nonsense.\nAnyway mulumbu, to your question the answer is yes, but certain elements will have to be in place. Neither the US, nor any of the Western developed countries made it to this level of development in one day. No need to expand the historical tangent, but many African nations have had their so called Independence less than half a century ago -Senegal's was in 1960. After years of exploitation via colonization those countries owe a financial debt to the countries that colonize them in the first place, talking about irony. This makes it virtually impossible to fashion any internal policies that will favor the growth of those countries because the interests that needs to be considered first are the one of those other nations. \nSo when you ignorant people use the N word freely, or call people names in the comfort of your own cozy homes, my striving self for a better world via knowledge will be busy being curious about things that governs and affects the well being of our society.
355203
United States and Nigeria.