Everything that I read highlights Africa's lack of clean drinking water, sanitary sewage systems and storm/flood control problems associated with deforestation & agricultural practices. Then there are Africa's health woes, aids, ebola etc.etc.
Thirty years ago when I met the President of Liberia he was in the United States visting the Liberian students who were being educated here. This was no doubt a significant investment for Liberia at the time, and, of concern to the future of that country.
Unfortunately, the future American educated leaders of Liberia recently engaged in a nasty civil war among themselves; the reasons for the conflict were not to clear to this American. General Buck Naked the way I read it was the swing vote in Liberia. General Naked who got considerable publicity in the USA wasn't one of this American educated group as far as I know? I have read that General Naked has since found Jesus and is now preaching the gospel. Which I think is positive. Possibly, some non elite Christian university should offer a scholarship to General Naked; who appears to be a young man of talent.
Tom