[Boeing Guy]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

And speaking of Gambia, BG's comment & this article highlights the point I was making.

Goodbye to all that: The Gambia?s ultra-paranoid dictator, Yahya Jammeh, rejects the Commonwealth - Africa - World - The Independent

Its everywhere over down there Dave, Togo, Benin, Cotanou, Lome, Cote d'ivoire to name but five, its a real mess.
I used to work with a few ex colonial French Captains and one Rhodesian (he hated Mugabe), I cannot repeat their views, I would be locked up, but one thing rang true, these nations are very tribal.
Aid alone is not the answer, these nations need stability not dictators.