What can the rich countries of the world do to help Africa, or should we even be trying?

Question

Are the current problems in Africa primarily self-made or a lingering result of the European colonial era?

Answer 1

i don't know. maybe the diamond wealth could be shared?

Answer 2

the problem with wealthy countries being benevolent comes down to greed.  if there is nothing to gain it's not worth it.  Vietnam was about bolstering american unity against communism during the cold war.  the middle east is about oil, money and business contracts.  we like to pretend to help the less fortunate but only when it benefits us.  Why are we fighting in the middle east when genocide is happening in sudan, because sudan has nothing to offer.  Every political system fails because of intrinsic human greed, nothing more nothing less.