In Africa we are confronted by four urgent problems that are ravaging our continent:

(1) poverty and its offshoots of disease, illiteracy, crime, and social upheavals

(2) AIDS

(3) malaria

(4) tuberculosis.

It is sad that despite abundant resources, the continent continues to languish in abject poverty. I am sure there are many hypotheses as to why this is the case. Notwithstanding these, positive steps must be taken to reduce these poverty levels urgently, within the spirit of economic justice.

Our continent has been afflicted by conflicts and wars for decades . This situation cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely. The time has come for a sincere, objective approach that will stand the test of time.