It would be great if these countries were left alone to do their own thing.
No really.
If They were allowed to ... say ... have ownership of their own resources ...
... diamonds ... oil ...
If children weren't exploited from egypt to south africa by western companies ...
if usefully corrupt governments weren't propped up by western interests and bribes in order to ensure a nice fatt flow of income from africa to europe and the US ... and now China ...
Africa is being rinsed out like an old cloth.
Political independance was an illusion for most of africa and it is that reality that monsters like Mugabe are able to distort to justify their crimes.
Yes. The west should leave africa alone to sort itself out.