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Comment by mytailorisrich

I see debts of African countries are mentioned. Of course that has nothing to do with racism.

That debt exists because these countries borrow. Even if Western countries decided to forgive that debt for the sake of helping development these countries would still seek to borrow more (all countries do).

This goes to the heart of the problem: Poor governance. This is 2020, the colonial past cannot be used again and again to explain poor governance. It is for the people of Africa to improve things at home.

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