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International-UN-NGOs
Annan to move on to tackle AfricaÂ’s food and farming
2006-11-22
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 ...
‘I’m not retiring, I’m 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 continentÂ’s 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?
‘I’ll 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 GhanaÂ’s capital, Accra.
Boy howdy there's a tough one. Geneva versus Accra, hmmm, Geneva; .. Accra. Geneva; .. Accra .......
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Kofi Annan said Tuesday that he will try to help Africa solve its food problems

Darfur style?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-11-22 21:52  

#6  So folks figure it out faster than others.

LOL!
Posted by: Shipman   2006-11-22 13:28  

#5  So will dis asshole be comin to do my plantin?
Posted by: Farmin B. Hard   2006-11-22 13:24  

#4  A big key is linking the concepts of farmers, farms and food.
Posted by: Shipman   2006-11-22 13:23  

#3  Maybe he could "help Africa solve its food problems" by telling the EU to stop blocking shipments of genetically modified seeds, which would rather see Africa starve than resort to ucky American technology.
Posted by: exJAG   2006-11-22 10:30  

#2  Once a hack, always a hack.
39 days...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-11-22 09:10  

#1  "I would want to work with the African governments and others on food security and I hear Robert Mugabe has some excellent ideas on agriculture that should be implemented throughout Africa."
Posted by: Spot   2006-11-22 09:00  

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