July 28, 2005

Terrorism

Terrorism

2 out of 4 of the would-be suicide bombers last week in London were African. Unless we sort out the growing inequality between rich and poor, especially the poverty crisis in Africa, we will see new protest movements emerge that will make Al Qaeda look like a mere insect bite.

450 million children in Africa will become adults by 2020, most of which exist today on per capita incomes of a single dollar a day or less.