Sub-Saharan Africa Politics and Government

  

By: Juan Jimenez

      The people of Sub-Saharan Africa have suffered through a plethora of different issues where it is through civil war, poor living conditions, poor infrastructure, and disease. These are all issues that can be attributed toward the leaders of their respective countries in this region. These weak leaders were put in power from the age of decolonization where the ancestors of the countries that make up today’s modern day U.N have carelessly appointed leaders during the time of the decolonization.  The region has suffered from decisive leadership. Rival tribes and militias, civil war being a constant factor within this region since even before the 21^st century. Diseases such as AIDS being a death sentence in this region, where as people in developed countries can live full lives with these issues.  Debts racking up to be sky-high world record breaking numbers, in these countries, and what has the government done? Little to nothing, this money that the government is receiving from other countries is going no-where except for the pockets of the government employees in self-evaluated raises, and this shows that the government cares more about maintaining power and their self-satisfaction then the well being of their own people. This region is in a desperate cry for help, and with NGO’s doing all they can, this is unfortunately not enough. The issue does not recede with only one conflict, but with many conflicts. There is hope within this region with countries such as Nigeria having a 90% literacy rate, these people have the potential to live well lives and it is the duty of the U.N to help these people.