by Karamo Nimaga

Created on: January 08, 2009

The issues behind African countries' underdevelopement began as far back as the post colonial era. When African countries began gaining their sovereignty from Great Britain and France the indigenous Africans who were relegated as natives by the colonial masters, began to form governments which were either premature or inexperience in terms of politics.The majority of African countries were or are still ruled by dictators who fueled wars that claimed the lives of millions of Africans.The main reason behind Africa's underdevelopement are WARS, BAD ECONOMY, DICTATORS MAINLY FROM THE MILITARY and the biggest issue of all, THE UNIFICATION OF AFRICA whic has been a music in the ears but still fail to come into reality.The reasons among many other political, economical and social issues are quadri-folded below.

[1] From the past century to the present, war has killed, prostituted and traumatized millions of people in Africa.Due to war the economic platform of many African countries have collapsed leaving the entire population in porvety. In Many African countries war has created ethnic violence between various ethic groups and has become one of the key factors behind Africa's underdevelopement.During war rebel movements and many rightwing political groups create huge distruction to their national wealth.During war in Africa just like any other part of the world, education become standstill,developement of the infrastructures are all crippled and issues that could bring the society together to express their views and ideas are all overshadowed by war. War has not only divided Africa but contributed largely to its underdevelopement.In countries like Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sudan, Guinea, Samalia and many other African countries who had similar conflicts, the people of these African countries are still struggling to keep peace and developement growing but every effort is being destroyed by series of war when one leader dies or is overthrown by the military.

[2] The main economy of many African countries is largely based on minerals and Agriculture while a handful of them rely on the import and export business. In these sectors, the benefactors are the foreign investors.In the mining industries, the raw materials extracted from the mines are either exported to the West to be refined before they could be sold at markets around the world or are sold at cheap prices .So foreign investors who invest in the mining sector are not intrested wether there is

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