From The Associated Press, 9/10/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-katrina-africa,0,6417304.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Katrina Evokes Questions in Africa
By TODD PITMAN
Associated Press Writer
DAKAR, Senegal --
Images of poor, black Americans homeless and in despair in the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are resonating in Africa, evoking
pointed questions about racism and surprise that disasters can wreak
havoc and leave refugees even in the prosperous United States.
"So much for the land of liberty," read one unsigned commentary Sunday
in Nigeria's This Day newspaper, adding that some televised images of
Katrina's victims in Louisiana "could actually be mistaken for
Rwanda."
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