Travails of the 3rd world Nations

Look at the globe or the world atlas. If it is not in Somalia then it is in Swaziland. If it is not in Swaziland it was in Sudan. One by one, or even at the same times, several 3rd world nations are undergoing agonies and there appear to be no respite for the people.

It is now the turn of Sudan . A big powerful African nation ,Sudan had been gripped by civil war for long years. Today under the active encouragement of an unfeeling government well armed Arab gangs are wrecking havoc on sections of African tribes. The death toll is fearsome .Thousands of people are of disease malnutrition and neglected. The refugee camps are overflowing but there are adequate food or medicine supplies. The suffering of the children, in particular, are horrible. And the rest of the world are doing very little.
That is because Sudan has the government, a president, Its legitimacy can be questioned but the government exists on papers. But the military dictatorship which rules over Sudan was interested solely in perpetuating its rules, filling its own pockets and siphoning off money to safe heavens of Switzerland .The rulers did not bother whether the dead toll is rising to hundreds or thousands. Huge caches of arms were being diverted to the Arab gangs who were fishing off the inconvenient Muslims tribal.
Added to this, is the never ending drought in most parts of Sudan. Simply put the parched of land and the absence of rain meant there was no food for the people. Supplies did not come from abroad, but seldom reached the needs, being unsurped by the soldiers or sold in black markets. The BBC or CNN news clips on television were worse than any horror movie and made one wonder how man can be so inconsiderate to his fellow human beings.

Meanwhile, such cruelty and killings have become the hallmark of a number of African nations. Ethiopia and Somalia, if not engaged in border skirmishes, continued to decimate their local populations. Kenya is having its own internal civil war regarding rigging of the votes and many are killing each other, not forgetting that down under Zimbabwe the same crisis is building up, and cholera taking up the emaciated ones. The savage tribal wars in the tiny states of Rwanda and Burundi had killed the millions of people.

Why all this are happening?? These nations simply followed the survival for the fittest theory. The tribe which was stronger did not hastate to slaughter every member of the members to the weaker/weakest tribes not spearing women and children. The weaker tribes awaited their turn to become stronger and then took equally blood revenge .So the blood bath went on.
So despite of so many years of independence, Africa continue to remain the ‘dark continent’ not just people from the continent are black but also their brains, and hearts are too black too.Nowander they look black!!. Destiny saved me, but our blood sucking political vampires killed the rest! The huge natural resources were seldom exploited to the fullest extent, Education, heal and sanitation went unheeded.

While most of the nations were under the military dictatorship, some did boast of a kind of ‘democracy’ token elections which were neither free or fair.The corrupt rulers were only interested to remain in power and looting the nation.
Formerly, the 3rd world nations could blame their former colonial rulers for their troubles. To a certain extent, this was true. But it does not hold any water at all now, instead the black or the African rulers are now swapping the positions or even better they are now the real ‘white colonial’ in the name of democracy and they are revenging and terrorizing their fellow black, accomplishing unfinished business from the white colonialism Empire regime.
When colonial Belgium quit Congo during the 1950’s,it left the poor nation with no proper infrastructure ,healthcare and educational facilities. There was just one doctor in the country. Congo rich in minerals and diamonds, had been reluctantly given up by the Belgians who were ready to send mercenaries to fight and protect their business and mining interests. The US then took a hand. In street the CIA working hard they left leaning prime minister Patrice Lumumba assassinated. Congo had never been free of civil strife since then.
Today there is no colonialism to interfere and create problems. But the current rulers of most 3rd world nations appear to be a group of blood thirsty tyrants. The most appalling aspect of their attitude was the utter disregard for human life. With the backing of the armed forces which are kept in good humour they launched ferocious attacks of any dissent movement.Internatianal outcry left them cold.
The world was full of such dictators of 3rd world nations who found acceptance in the West. They spent millions of dollars in purchasing arms from the West and become good friends of the so called ‘real’ democracies. The rulers allow their raw materials to be pillaged by West, demanding and getting handsome commissions in the arms deals.

Benefiting from such transactions, the west seldom act against such ‘rogue’ states in the 3rd world nations whose leaders were welcome in white house and 19 Downing Street. The few dictators who got into trouble with the West were those who refused to toe their line, like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. Looking around the world ,one sees several other dictators worse than Saddam who were thriving with the help of the west democracies.

It is said that the 3rd world nations whose emergence from the shadows of colonialism had not been able to play its destined role in a free word. To do this they must put their houses in order and learn to protect their people instead of massacring them in civil wars.

They can do this in their own ways, without following the dictates of the western democracy system. Such changes can be brought about by monarchies and even the military generals who respected individual freedom. By adopting such reforms, nations of the 3rd world can stop the western powers from interfering with their internal affairs. They can play a more effective role in international affairs, play a positive role in the UN and act independently against illegal and hostile moves all over the world. But the basic requirement is the internal reforms. It is a question of Physical Heals thyself.
Other nations may come in to assist them by leading the helping hand to them in achieving such changes which will help their prestige in the world scene. He contemptuous reference to Tin pot dictators to the 3rd word leaders should become a thing of the past.

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