Causes Of Poverty In Africa

Poverty: The African Fight for Life Did you know the life expectancy of a male in the Central African Republic is as low as 48 years (BBC)? For a woman, it’s 51 years. The GDP for South Sudan is $220 per capita. Similarly, many countries in Africa rank the lowest in economic prosperity and highest in disease and death rate. The root causes for these disastrous economies are the basic disorganization of newly-formed countries. The last of the colonies were decolonized by the end of the 20th century and these newborn nation-states had to form a government with what little money and economy left for them. As the nations received aid and developed their countries, they still had a large imbalance of a few African elite against the rest of the population. This majority of the population suffer from many unfortunate parts of life, including insecurity to basic human needs, inadequate resources and the effects of misused money. These causes lead to many effects and will end in dire consequences if we don’t help these unfortunate beings. We, the fortunate dwellers of America, can help these people in many ways, but first, let’s look at their problem. Poverty in Africa increases dramatically leading into the 21st century, due to a few root causes. African native people own very little land compared to those descendants of European race (IRIN). According to IRIN’s 2005 report, these people of European descent own about 82% of all arable land in South Africa. Likewise, many