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African Solutions for African Problems


                                                                Their country. Their people. Their culture.

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                 Of course most  'zuŋ u don't see it quite like that. They ignore large elements of their
            spending as being discretionary so much so that when claiming UK unemployment benefits

            they are shocked to see the gap between their estimates and those of the UK government

            as to what actually is a necessary amount to live on.
                 And many if not most World Bank, IMF and DfiD/FCDO employees will live in an even

            more rarefied atmosphere.
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            Health

            Many ordinary Africans face a repeated struggle to simply 'stay alive'.

                    2007–2013           Physicians per
                                        10,000 people

                 Liberia                      0.1
                 Malawi                       0.2
                 Niger                        0.2
                 Sierra Leone                 0.2
                 Tanzania                     0.3
                 Ethiopia                     0.3
                 Mozambique                   0.4
                 Burkina Faso                 0.5
                 Somalia                      0.5
                 Togo                         0.5
                 CAR                          0.5
                 Chad                         0.5
                 Benin                        0.6
                 Rwanda                       0.6
                 Senegal                      0.6
                 Guinea-Bissau                0.7
                 Zimbabwe                     0.8
                 Cameroon                     0.8
                 Mali                         0.8
                 Ghana                        1.0
                 Guinea                       1.0
                 DRC                          1.0
                 Congo Rep.                   1.0
                 Lesotho                      1.0
                 Uganda                       1.0
                 Eritrea                      1.0
                 Gambia                       1.1
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