Forgiving debt will do little more than line the pockets of African politicians. Same for saving Air Afrique. If help is given, it should be in terms of direct public works infrastructure projects managed, controlled, and funded directly from donor countries. Even that is marginally useful, because the countries themselves probably won't maintain the projects once completed. As rotten and bad as it was, things were probably much better off during the colonial period when Europeans ran it.
[ 01 August 2001: Message edited by: Roadtrip ]