Africa , sadly, is a continent of deprivation-and-poverty.
Who caused this poverty? May be African-peoples-themselves. May be African-rulers. May be the Euro-American colonisers.
BBC-UK has shouted at the top of its voice: ``Zimbabwe's Mugabe holds lavish 89th birthday party``. Cost-of-celebrations:: $600,000. Craze: Minting-gold-coins on the occasion.
Mugabe`s birth-day-slogan: Down-with-imperialism.
ybrao-a-donkey`s comments: True, that African-Heads-of-State should exercise some restraints in expenses and luxuries, if they have to save their peoples from hunger-and-poverty.
But, why BBC and Britain are crying hoarse? European past-colonial-rulers and present-MNCs-monsters have their role in impoverishing Africa. Their ire against is because he is not allowing them to to knock-away-bulk of the cake. Somehow, Euro-America is unable to work-out an acceptable arrangement of exploitation as they have done in Saudi Arabia. Mugabe is not sufficiently accommodative to them.
What are the forebodings? Euro-America may launch another adventure into Zimbabway, a-la their forays into Libya and Egypt.
Doesn't Queen Elizabeth celebrate lavish birthday-and-coronation-ceremonies? Are there no poor in Britain?
I do not intend to defend the misdeeds of Zimbabway or highlight British failures. What should provoke thought is the selective-reprobations by the Euro-American Media.
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