A Pan-African Government?

Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s leader, has called for African countries to become unified and form a Pan-African government.  The African Union Summit, held in Ghana this year, has had their focus on coming up with ways to unite the entire continent of Africa and end the countless civil wars plaguing its countries.

There are many leaders, however, that disagree with this campaign including Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu, citing that that African countries should be more concerned with the conflict of Darfur.  Many feel that to become unionized, they must pull together to help other countries and the people of those countries.

It seems to me, that more than a few African countries are being led by corrupt governments.  It would take an overhaul, such as this Pan-African government idea to root out some of the corrupt.

But what about the people of Darfur?  It seems that if a government could be put in place that was stable and firm, genocide would be a thing of the past.  But how long would it take?  I think by the time a Pan-African government was constructed, time would have run out for the peoples of Darfur, Zimbabwe, Chad, Rwanda, and Somalia to name a few.

But we can’t just keep saying ‘that won’t work’ either though.  So I remain in my predicament.  How do we help, being so far away and without resources such as Oprah and Bono?

~ by liberateafrica on July 1, 2007.