Sudan puts opposition leader Hassan Al Turabi under house arrest. Libya sends troops to Central African Republic to back president. Defense chief attends air defense exercise. The statistics are harrowing. Some 12 million African children die of AIDS a year, malaria claims the lives of another three million, and countless others who suffer from tuberculosis, meningitis and other epidemics perish because they have no access to proper medical facilities.
Drugs are expensive and hospitals and other medical facilities are few and far between.
The situation of the African child is calamitous and deserves urgent attention. Time is running out. Decision makers must make tangible improvements in the lives of African children a top priority. Policy-makers need to come up with viable solutions. As Africans, we must pool our resources and develop collective strategies that can cope with such a massive crisis.