The Plight of Africa

Slight departure today from the key conference address. I'm linking to an interesting article about the future of Africa, which is questioning whether we will see an improvement away from the current impoverishment of the African continent.

Whilst it is highly unlikely that the African roots of Obama will override the overwhelming capitalist interests of his nation in Africa, the key point I think that needs to be addressed is the issue of ownership of the wealth, a matter that we have been highlighting in the recent conference. Until there is a clear delineation of public, state and private property as clearly set out in Islam we will continue to witness the clear and consistent rape of public resources worldwide. That Africa is so public resource rich = oil, gas, minerals, water, and so on = is both a wonderful advantage and a terrible magnet for the most undesirable of looters, shysters and crooks that is called the international multinational corporate world. Long term debt forgiveness programmes which in effect are tiny in relation to the scale of debt slavery, too will have minimal effect (yet will garner much column inches and false publicity).

We need to get the basics right first. And only Islam forbids the sale and lease of public property into private and corporate hands.

More tomorrow.

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_5661.shtml