"Please Just Stop" The Aid To Africa

In a must-read interview, Kenyan economist James Shikwati told Der Spiegel newspaper that Western aid is destroying Africa and urges nations to stop. The Der Spiegel reporter sounded completely stunned. I don't think they mentioned this at the Live8 concert.

SPIEGEL: Mr. Shikwati, the G8 summit at Gleneagles is about to beef up the development aid for Africa...

Shikwati: ... for God's sake, please just stop.

SPIEGEL: Stop? The industrialized nations of the West want to eliminate hunger and poverty.

Shikwati: Such intentions have been damaging our continent for the past 40 years. If the industrial nations really want to help the Africans, they should finally terminate this awful aid. The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape.

{Link to MG's Open Post}