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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Corruption, incompetence and governments without the best interest of the nation at heart. Colonialism and what not did not cause our current suffering.

All those deals that put Africa at a disadvantage are not forced on it but African leaders take them because there is something in it for them.
Source: l am an native African

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