History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.

Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.

The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.

The world got side-tracked from development issues during the post-9/11 crisis period.

The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even the barest of minimum resources to address any of the public health crises that Africa faces.

Unfortunately, the real focus in this country has not been on the rest of the world. It's been on our own issues and our own problems. Fair enough. But it means that our simple hopes that everything will just work out abroad aren't really coming to pass.

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.