There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated.

The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest.

There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated.

When a jumbo jet crashes, we will rush in with assistance, but we forget that each day 30,000 children die unnecessarily from poverty-related preventable causes - equivalent to 100 jumbo jets crashing every day.