It amazes me that some of Africa's poorest countries also have some of the world's best resourses yet no one is willing to try brokering peace in these regions & develop these areas into something benificial for those living there.
Equatorial Guinea likely has enough oil to make Nigeria look like small potatos, and the U.S. could have run that government out faster than it did in Iraq.
And when it comes to the news, since 9/11 you won't find anything about Africa unless its about terrorism and how it affects the U.S. otherwise, its a non-event.
