How realistic and desirable is the proposal ‘African solutions to African problems’?
There is nothing more desirable for any genuine African than to be able to work out solutions to his/her own problems. It is simply human to strive to be self-reliant. However, in international relations, things are far more complex. No country or continent is an island unto itself; no people live in isolation. A history of dealings and interaction leaves patterns which are often very difficult to break not only due to habit, but also as a result of conditioned necessity. Africa as an aid-dependent polity cannot overnight throw away that dependence or correct on its own the ravages such dependence has caused over the years. Besides, it depends on what kind of aid we are talking about. For instance, the effect of food aid on local economy and agriculture is quite different from that of military aid/intervention in a case of genocide or grave conflict, whether natural or man-made. More crucially, the nature and scale of present-day conflicts in Africa means that the resources to return n
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