Last updated Oct
29, 2019, Fort Russ News (Russia) https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/10/russia-africa-shared-vision-2030-alternative-to-neo-colonial-pillage/
A
long night of suffering has kept one of the richest continents on the globe in
a state of virtual dark age for over a century. Although the age of science has
given humanity the means to access the highest standards of living in world
history, 2019 has seen 15 000 children die of preventable deaths every day
(illness, starvation and murder) with half occurring in Sub Saharan Africa. In
a world of advanced energy technology, only five of 54 African countries have
access to 100% electrification and all are North African.
Africa’s
dark situation was never due to simplistic terms like “corruption” or
“incompetence”, nor was Africa ever “culturally incompatible” with western
technology as some racists have taught in social science classes. The truth is
that Africa was never given true independence as is popularly believed. Sure
there was nominal independence, but the economic independence
needed to become sovereign nations on the continent was never granted by
the empire.
This
is why the growing presence of nations such as China and Russia on the
continent are increasingly seen as beacons of hope for
