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Originally Posted by multiweb
In Africa it goes even further back than that. It is tribal. Colonisation by Europeean countries created artificial boundaries. It forced people with different or even opposing cultures to live together. With weapon technology and money, drugs, you name it, the whole thing went out of hand. Look at what happened in Rwanda, Tchad , Nigeria and many others. Always minorities tribes being decimated by the bigger numbered ones. Somalia is no different. Very difficult for aid workers on the ground and extremely dangerous places to be. That's why ideally we'd need to pull out and let them sort it out. But that's not going to happen because of the natural resources those countries have. Dictators and abusive governments come and go. They are supported by the western countries making sure they keep a line of contact with the guy at the top to get the good deals and supplies.
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I know Marc.....it goes back even further than European settlement in Africa. It's been going on ever since peoples north of the Sahara have been moving into the areas south of there looking for whatever they've been looking for. That includes the Romans, Egyptians and everyone in between. Least of all, themselves. Africa is a basket case and has been for many tears....centuries even. Until they figure out for themselves that they can't continue on like they have been, and these outside influences take a hike, they will remain so.