Current Events 3 West Africa!

Foreign Relations

Recently it has seemed that due to West Africas recourses, that many countries have expressed interest in trading, which would really boost West Africa as a growing economic power. Countries like Brazil and India have had meetings to help establish trade with WA. These countries, who have seen a surge in there economy over the last years and now can invest in other developing countries, can form alliances with WA where they both benefit. Brazil, India and WA have all had there share of power problems and that has caused them to form a strong alliance in the past. They are all together in producing biofuels and both have seen it has an strong economic booster. Also these non-industrialized countries that are showing interest in WA are also benefiting with more influence in the U.N. This strong interest is always endanger of faltering though because it is fairly new interest and WA is yet to fully establish themselves. West African country Liberia is now starting to see help from the United States fallowing its long civil war. The country that suffered during that time has a new elected leader and is trying to further progress. The united states wants to be a part in helping the progress by trying to relive debt and support education and health care. Also the peace core will be traveling into that county to help after many years of staying away due to the violet war. Though progress is moving in a hopeful direction for Liberia, it is still facing many challenges and problems. One of them is Ivorian refugees that fled from Cote d'Ivorie and are now seeking refuge in Liberian camps. Kids from these countries have been attending special schools there but it has been upsetting to many of the hopefuls that one day wish to return to there native French speaking country. They are upset with the Liberian based texts that children have been learning from because they are mostly in English, not French. These people feel that if they ever return to there native country that they wont be a part of it and wont feel like the belong because they have learned the wrong curriculum. Some effort has been made for the children though to give hope that one day they might finally return home. Another problem plaguing Liberia after 14 years of war is its health care situation. Many years of war has left a large part of Liberia poor and unemployed and cannot pay heath care fees. The Liberian government had put fees of hospitals but have now stopped them because barley anyone was able to pay them and so many needed health care. The world bank has been working within Liberia to try and find a way to help Liberia when money for free health care from donors runs out. Liberia has been using funding to pay doctors and health care but it will not last without significant funding and another plan needs to be set in motion Ideas like payment schemes, and taxes have been brought up with other ideas. To further these ideas, Save the Children UK and UN Children's Fund plan to collect data that will hopefully help lead them to the most feasible solution.