Fallacy of Africa’s woes solved by Africans

A group of young people during a looting spree in South Africa. [Courtesy]

There’s a crop of African politicians who believe Africa’s problems need African solutions. President Uhuru Kenyatta was at it last October when he dismissed an International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict on the protracted Kenya-Somalia maritime row. He was emphatic it won’t be resolved be a foreign court.