Africa: Tsunami Showed What World Thinks of Africa

opinion

Nairobi — As last week closed, the amounts of money pledged to deal with the Asian tsunami was nearly $4 billion - and Africa was bewildered and deeply worried.

As the world rushed to help Asia, where the deadly Christmas weekend tsunami wave killed 150,000 people and left millions homeless, there were fears that poor Africa would be forgotten.

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