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Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years

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Re: Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years

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Ah yes, blame the lack of rulers and not colonialism or war.

Why not all of the above?

I lived in Nigeria, when they had the Biafra War[0]. That also killed a heck of a lot of folks. The problem, there, was sort of too many rulers.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War

Re: Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years

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Ah yes, blame the lack of rulers and not colonialism or war.

Have you read the article ? Where does it mention lack of rulers ?

Seeing as the link is to a single paragraph and the actual article appears not to exist, has anyone read it?

"This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “An intensifying calamity”"

You have to use the 'archive.ph' link in the HN commens to find it.

Re: Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst famine in 40 years

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Ah yes, blame the lack of rulers and not colonialism or war.

They have been independent since 1956. Other (majority non-European) British colonies/protectorates as diverse as Singapore (ind. 1965), Belize (ind. 1981), India (ind. 1947) and UAE (ind. 1971) managed to build peaceful societies.

We need to recognize that the people of countries like Sudan are not children who don't know any better, contrary to European leftists' views. They are fully functioning adults who made a series of choices that led to the present situation.

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