Africa: Why Did Annan Ignore Africa?

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Nairobi — The UN Secretary-General almost makes you proud to be an African. Focus, firmness of purpose and dignified eloquence, such was the ambience of the global Secretary-General when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday this week.

Had he only spared a thought for Africa, Mr Kofi Annan would have come off with full marks. Unfortunately, Africa was not even on the back burner. Nonetheless, in just under 10 minutes, Mr Annan carries you to the Middle East, where the Israeli-Palestinian Question has continued unabated. Half a century since the problem first reared its ugly head, there is no silver lining on this cloud of despond. The solution, says Mr Annan, lies in the formation of two independent states, co-existing side by side, in secure sovereign borders. One would have thought this was a common sense matter, but not so to the belligerents on both sides.

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