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01/12/2005:

"Tsunami Showed What World Thinks of Africa"

As last week closed, the amounts of money pledged to deal with the Asian tsunami was nearly $4 billion - and Africa was bewildered and deeply worried.

As the world rushed to help Asia, where the deadly Christmas weekend tsunami wave killed 150,000 people and left millions homeless, there were fears that poor Africa would be forgotten.

If the tsunami had swept across Africa, it would have been nothing short of a miracle if at this point the pledges for help had reached even $250 million.

Full Article : allafrica.com