GT [Global Trends?—rl] 2015 estimated that the interplay of demographics and disease —as well as poor governance—would be the major determinants of Africa's increasing international marginalization in 2015. Developments over the past three years have only reinforced rather than diminished that finding. The relentless progression of AIDS continues, with HIV seropositivity rates in the most severely affected countries holding steady or in many cases mounting, while the two most populous countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Nigeria and Ethiopia experience major increases in HIV prevalence. Most African states will miss out on the economic growth engendered elsewhere by globalization and by scientific and technological advances. Only a few countries will do better, while a handful of states will have hardly any relevance to the lives of their citizens.
All the more reason to stand for Africa.
More from the NIC report:
Sub-Saharan Africa will continue to be particularly at risk for major new or worsening humanitarian emergencies stemming from conflict. Genocidal conflicts aimed at annihilating all or part of a racial, religious, or ethnic group, and conflicts caused by other crimes against humanity—such as forced, large-scale expulsions of populations—are particularly likely to generate migration and massive, intractable humanitarian needs.Posted by ronlusk at August 7, 2005 07:53 PM