“Corrupt government and government employees and continued civil wars.”
Well, we have that here too. Maybe because they keep blaming the white man for their problems..
It’s called Tribes. Africa could never coalesce as a society. European culture was built around great cities where enlightenment, industry, culture flourished, enabling people to do different things. In Africa, culture was “what can we cut off or mutilate to see if a person is worthy to be an adult?”
At least ours doesn’t build huge mansions with gold fixtures and remain in office (free and fair elections of course) for upwards of forty years using.