Aimee Sobhani

Few Americans know the true extent of problems in Africa: after all, the media's attention is so focused on the war in Iraq, the impending 2008 Presidential election, and various celebrity scandals that there's little time to cover problem-ridden Africa. Sure, every so often we might hear about Darfur, but there are also many other issues plaguing the African continent. Low life expectancies, famine, disease, poverty, war--these issues all stem from the rampant colonial expansion that occurred until the middle of the twentieth century, but it can be argued that these problems specifically arose from the rise of corrupt, incompetent African leaders that came into power after the expulsion of colonial rule.

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