The Nigerian Solution

(AP/George Osodi)

Children wash near the rubble of their demolished house in the Chika area of Abuja, Nigeria, on Dec. 8, following government evictions and the demolition of all the housing stock in the area. Soldiers and police have evicted thousands from a residential area of the capital as part of a plan to avoid the city disintegrating into the chaotic situation of Lagos and other Nigerian cities, residents and officials said.

Yeah, that'll solve the problem of what to do with all those impoverished people. Now they're not only hungry, they're homeless! Maybe they'll just die of starvation and disease, and you'll be rid of them. A wonderful a model for other countries, Nigeria. Way to go!

Where Was the Due Diligence?

The scale of the task facing Tony Blair in his drive to help Africa was laid bare yesterday when it emerged that Nigeria's past rulers stole or misused £220 billion.

That is as much as all the western aid given to Africa in almost four decades. The looting of Africa's most populous country amounted to a sum equivalent to 300 years of British aid for the continent.

The mind boggles....

The Horrors of Darfur

"The impact on people of the two-year conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis by the United Nations.

Some two million people are estimated to now live in camps, having fled their homes and at least 180,000 are thought to have died during the crisis. Sudan's government and the pro-government Arab militias are accused of war crimes against the region's black African population, although the UN has stopped short of terming it a genocide."

Q&A: Sudan's Darfur conflict
Sudan arrests aid agency head after rapes report
Save Darfur.org
Darfur: A Genocide We Can Stop
Crisis in Darfur

Thanks to Brooklynvegan for the links. Even more links at cityrag.