Fair points made about Africa, despite my disagreeing with much of what you wrote. Take Zimbabwe for instance. They had absolutely everything in place there to show the world that a modern African country could be a success. Mugabe was educated, the country had modern institutions and a willingness on behalf of the white Zimbabweans to work with their black brothers to make a go of it. Then look at what happened.

You can say the same about Kenya.

But, as I have said in other threads here in more detail, there are a few options that the Africans have.

1. Continue the way they are. A few people in government will have millions of dollars stashed away and their people will have nothing. Get clothing and food from the west and provide no incentive for you people to learn any skills or produce anything for themselves.

2. Western (not US) governments form coalition governments with the African countries to provide the essentials. Concentrate on education, services, healthcare & attracting investors. If the African governments start taking the piss, these lose all aid and the personal bank accounts of the leaders get frozen. Yes, it's a form of colonisation, but seeing as the last high point in Africa's history was under British rule (the Germans, French and Belgians especially, were a disgrace imo), then it can only be a good thing.

3. The Africans stop pretending to be westernised and the world recognises that they are tribal people with no political boarders. Dissolve the African governments and let the continent return to its natural state. There would be traditional forms of governance and mineral exploitation would end. How you would interact with the rest of the world, I have no idea, but it should shut up those who keep on going on about the false borders in Africa (despite there being 'false' borders in nearly every country in the world).

Until people stop bloody apologising for these people, nothing will get done. Africa is a hugely rich continent, but their leaders are evil. the only people to blame for the mess in Africa are the Africans. They've had long enough to sort their shit out, but instead of things getting better there, it's getting worse.

Until there are stable governments there, there will be no significant investment, and they have proven that they are incapable of self governance. Sorry that it doesn't fit in with the PC blinkered world that many people have brainwashed themselves to believe in, but the truth isn't always nice and pretty.