What uniting africa would mean.

The state of africa is wrought with wars as leaders cling to power, try to expand their power, or try to give their people what they want. if africa was to 'unite' under one greater flag, we could do away with armies and instead just have police for defensive purposes, maybe with paramilitary teams for terrorism and so forth, uniting with rails, which i hear are being constructed to move these forces around africa to combine on any terrorist cells.

This follows on my ideas of a african currency and a non army based continent; that the continent would no longer need to support huge armies, as [1] there will be no wars, and, i will explain [2] the currency shortly.

[1] If the continent was to become like america, where each country would be instead a super province, there would be less need for visas and stuff, and, the trade treaties would not be needed, as there would be less need for import and export taxes. then, there is the option for each super province to supply their own specialist products, depending on what resources they have, of course. with the regional allowances of easy to cross borders, whole communities could be united with regarding the cultural sub systems where the sects of people speaking the same languages and having the same customs would be able to mix more freely, and any problems come across due to subculture would be dealt with by moving around instead of war, of course.

[2] With 'the afro,' there would be increased buying power, as, when people use the new currency to buy something, it is being used so becomes scarcer due to supply being dimmed, and, when they sell something, then 'the afro' will be used again, creating more scarcity. this will mean, as 'the euro' is worth so much more than the typical european currency like the franc and the mark, that the increased buying power of the afro will mean that we can import and export with this currency, then use regional currencies as we wish to trade between each other.

These are old ideas of mine. one of them was my favorite, the getting rid of offensive army units to invest in defensive police forces, of course.

 

Good luck! What will keep neighboring tribes from hacking each other to death with machetes?

 

Peace sells. if they were able to sell it to the militants or rebels of the world, there would be more rebels as there would be more buyers, seeing as how it is for sale. with that in mind, i am going to try to settle peace deals in africa anyways.

If the rebels want to fight, they are crazy - nobody wants to sleep on the terrain and have shots fired at them all the time, that is just silly. this means none of the rebels want to fight, obviously. does the army want to fight? unless they also like walking around their bases not knowing when a bomb will go off, they too don't want to fight. this means there is a way forwards, as, the only people that want to fight are the leaders or rebel generals.

When wars break out, there is time to stop them before there is bad blood. if the media was to get involved and show them what has come before, what they can expect, and how long wars take, without the rebels winning, then they would surely think twice, yes? this is where the media can be very useful, promoting diseases for the troops of either side without the socio solutions of medicine, as it will not be on sale when there are wars. this means, if you get tuberculosis in the bush, you will have it for a long time, yes? something to warn them about.

Then, there is cash. when you rebel, you become a parasite until you make peace, as there is no money, so you need to steal and mug people to see yourself through, yes? this makes people hate you, and, then you can trust nobody.

But, i digress. what can be done to stop militants in the opening stages of war, to prevent more wars and to stop current wars? wars are usually about power, power to change things. often they ask for the release of previously arrested officials, and, this leads to more leaders for them to have telling them what to do.

Militants need weapons, and, weapons need to be stolen or smuggled into the country. if the state was to buy weapons from their neighbors, or, the suppliers of their enemies, they could buy up all the weapons and destroy them, making sure they do not fall into enemy hands. this would see the enemy toothless, of course, while they still have enough weapons to fight with. so, if kenya is at war with somalia, and kenya buys all the weapons from eritrea at a high price, this will disrupt the supply of weapons to somalia, and then there will quickly be a peace treaty signed, with the cost of the weapons paid for by the loser, or, the one without weapons.

I have said it a lot of times to certain people; two guns equal war, no guns equal war, one gun equals peace, yes?

 

Although I admire your idealism, your idea just sounds crazy.

 

As another preventative measure, the african union could make peace deals between nations now, while they are at peace, yes? this will mean they will make trade agreements that are beneficial to both sides, with neither wanting to lose the business of the others, of course.

Then, the wars going on at the moment could be dealt with by accepting that the rebels are not democratically elected, and the leaders are. this means it is the right of the leaders to rule, while the rebels are just looking for a quick way to the top, of course. there should be a united nations team going into the rebel bases to treat them of wounds and deliver medicine, and, as they are there, they should get involved with the troops, showing them that they are not living and nobody is appreciating them, and, that this will go on for at least until they get access to the parliament. they should tell them they can make a deal with the leaders, maybe bringing walkie talkies into the rebel bases, and then having a lot of them leave with them, or, a surprise attack late at night, where they take all their friends hostage for the sake of the people that will die, as the oppositions soldiers are people too, just like them.

Nobody wants to to fight, do they? they get promised things, it becomes clear these things will never come, and then they feel there is no way out. is it better to live with bullets fling over your head and diseases from the bush you hide in, or, go to jail for a few months, eat and sleep adequately, and then be able to work and live peacefully again?

 

In africa, there is a lot of emphasis on how the army of the land is run by the leadership. every leader realizes that they need a strong military, as everyone around them has a strong military. this is hammered in even further by parades in honor of the president, making them appreciate the military more, allowing them more of, well, whatever it is that they are selling?

That is why the leadership of any country puts security first, his yours and everyone around you. if you get invaded by your neighbor, it is best to be ready, yes? i mean, if everyone is doing it, it must be okay!

Now, i want to take the leaders out of the military mentality and put into their scope of vision, if only for a hour or so, to reach out to commerce and industry, and, the tertiary sector. this will mean that they will 'feel the work' and learn the pace of their countries economy. if they were to speak in industrial communities, maybe on a huge sports field, or, be awarded when they get awards, the economy will sit in their minds more, yes? if they were to tour the factories and see presentations about the countries top earning corporate enterprises, then they would give it more attention, of course.

I have played a lot of war games, and find the best way to amass a huge army in the end is to get the foundation with the economy - even if it comes down to military, with a huge lot of factories to make tanks, it still pays to be with the economy over what the economy is spent on.