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Re:Countries build 9 mile wide tree wall across Africa to pr... by woofie11 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @09:32AM (#25477607)
That's common in the region. You announce major new projects, start them, and don't finish them. New leadership comes in, ignores the old projects, and starts a new set. You don't fix or finish old things started by your predecessor. You start building new ones.
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Re:Countries build 9 mile wide tree wall across Africa to pr... by vulcan01 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:17PM (#25478996)
> in the region

Nah, that happens everywhere (at least where governments change every few years).

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Re:Countries build 9 mile wide tree wall across Africa to pr... by woofie11 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @02:28PM (#25480354)
There's a difference of scale. EU, US, China, Korea, Japan, etc. have some of this, but also successfully have long-running projects. Things build up over time. You have major institutions and infrastructure maintained over multiple administrations.

This problem is common everywhere, but it's extreme in most ECOWAS countries.

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