eli5:why is Africa generally poor compared to the rest of the world.

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Africa has a lot of natural resources but has always relied on foreign aid. Nonetheless has famine, poor road network, poor Healthcare etc. Please explain.

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One potential factor that I don’t see being told here was the relative lack of domesticated animals. Horses completely transformed the infrastructure of other continents. A zebra may look about the same as a horse, but they cannot be tamed. They will bite onto you and not let go. They kill more zookeepers than any other animal.

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