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Annan to move on to tackle Africas food and farming
 GENEVA - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that he will try to help Africa solve its food problems after he retires from the world body at the end of the year.
| Farmin B. Hard is outta luck though 'cause Kofi doesn't plan to pull a plow ... |
Im not retiring, Im moving on to the next phase of my life and I would want to work with the African governments and others on food security, to encourage them to take agriculture and farm productivity seriously, Annan told journalists.
| The EU way, of course ... |
We are the only continent that cannot feed itself, we are also the only continent that did not go through the green agricultural revolution: we have the land and we have the skills, he insisted.
| Why is that, Kofi? Maybe the Euro capitalists and colonialists, combined with the Euro communists and statists, had something to do with it? Or will you just blame Bush? |
Making Africa self-sufficient in food would create jobs and bolster the continents sense of security instead of leaving millions of Africans dependent on United Nations aid, he argued.
| But what then would you do with all those Euro apparatchiks who work in the aid programs? |
Ill devote a bit of my time to that, offer advisory services if my advice is needed, and probably do some writing, the Ghanaian said.
| Plan on a lot of time for writing ... |
Annan, 68, is widely rumoured to be considering setting up a foundation.
| The better to launder the money ... |
The outgoing UN chief told the Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve that he would divide his time between a new home in Geneva, Switzerland and Ghanas capital, Accra.
| Boy howdy there's a tough one. Geneva versus Accra, hmmm, Geneva; .. Accra. Geneva; .. Accra ....... |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-11-22 |
