Laos Poverty

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Why is Africa still the worst place?

Why is Africa, the birth of civilization, continuously to this date the worst place on the planet? Poverty, war, starvation, diseases, no man’s law, etc. Many South American and Asian countries were harshly plundered and colonized by the westerners but they show improvements. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia were literally torn apart to pieces in the 70s and 80s now has, though not perfect, has stable “democratic” governments. North Korea is still very bad but at least there’s a sovereign government and no war.

Serious and educative reply only please.

To answer your question before I get to the "serious and educative" part - Africa is not the worst place on this planet.

Poverty exists in the United States of America - is this reason enough to call it "the worst place in the world?" While China's poverty level of 10% may seem low - in reality 10% of 1.3 billion is 130 million.
The people of Afghanistan (and more than a few foreign "observers or advisors") have been fighting one war or another steadily for the last 30 years in Afghanistan. Does this make it better or worse than all African countries?
Starvation has occurred in Russia in the 1930s and China in the 1950s. What makes starvation in Africa worse than starvation in those two countries?
Diseases flourish all over the world, and while some countries in Africa suffer severely from high levels of AIDS, other countries still suffer from Malaria and Dengue Fever.
European countries (Germany & the Soviet Union) plundered other European countries, and Japan plundered many Asian countries before, during, and after the Second World War - this by no means is limited to Western nations.
Cambodia's government has only stabilised in the last few years, as have some African countries. Laos and Vietnam have one-party Communist governments - while some African countries have shown improvements with multi-party democracies. While South Africa has many problems with crime and its economy - it too has a sovereign, democratically-elected government, no war, and is certainly a lot better than North Korea.

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