With a billion people living in more than 50 countries, Africa is wracked by poverty and, in too many places, torn apart by war. The Oxford development economist Paul Collier reckons that 75% of the poorest people in the world live in countries that have only recently recovered from conflict or are still in conflict.
作为一片拥有 50 个国家， 10 亿人口的大陆，非洲贫困缠身，且许多的地方都留有被战争所撕裂的伤口。牛津大学的发展经济学家保罗·科利尔（ Paul Collier ）估计全世界最贫困的人口中有 75% 生活在那些刚刚从冲突中复原或者依然深陷于冲突之中的国家，而非洲国家就占了绝大多数。在非洲这个地方，发动一场暴动似乎比开一家公司更顺手。