I received this from a listserv I am a part from my university’s African Forum. I thought it was interesting.
WHY AFRICA IS 25 YEARS BEHIND THE DEVELOPED WORLD….. ?
‘Anger is cured by Silence’
AFRICAN LEADERS
Abdulai Wade (Senegal)……………age 83years
Hosni Mubarak ( Egypt )…………….age 82
Robert Mugabe ( Zimbabwe )……..age 86
Hifikepunye Pohamba ( Namibia )…age 74
Rupiah Banda ( Zambia )……………age 73 p
Mwai Kibaki ( Kenya )………………..age 71
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ( Liberia )……age 75
Paul Biya (Cameroon)………age 77
Omar Al -Bashir (Sudan )………age 65
Colonel Gaddafi ( Libya )……………age 68
Jacob Zuma ( South Africa )……….age 68
Bingu Wa Mtalika (Malawi)…………age 76.
John Evans Atta-Mills (Ghana)…age 67
Average Age:……………………………….75.6
Approximately 76 years
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THE FIRST WORLD
Barrack Obama ( USA )…………….age 48
David Cameron ( UK )………………age 44
Dimitri Medvedev ( Russia )……….age 45
Stephen Harper ( Canada )………..age 51
Julia Gillard ( Australia )……………age 49
Nicolas Sarkozy ( France )…………age 55
Luis Zapatero ( Spain )……………..age 49
Jose Socrates ( Portugal )………….age 53
Angela Merkel ( Germany )…………age 56
Herman Van Rompuy ( Belgium )…age 62
Average Age………………………………..51.1
Approximately 51 years
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DIFFERENCE:…………………………………25 years
GUYS, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OLD SQUAD….. ?????????
Thoughts, folks?
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