The Dark Trade

Last year(2004)world spent only 78.5 billion US$ on aid programs,while 01 trillion US$ was the huge amount spent on war-machines worldwide.
UK,claiming to be among the top countries providing aid to the poor
African nations,in fact is also one of the biggest arms supplier to the
continent,most of the African countries buying these arms are using it
against each other and for their own nationals too.
The annual sale by UK to these poor African countries have now reahed
upto 1 billion pounds.
Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) even granted export licences to
sell military equipments to world's least developed Nation like
Malawi,last year sell to this country was 3.6 million pounds.
Arm sells to the troubled country like Angola was 31 million
pounds,sells to South Africa reached 114 million pounds,to Nigeria was
35 million pounds.
Licences by DTI for arms export were also granted for countries like
Sudan,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Somalia,and Zambia,the most deprived Nations with
very poor Human rights record too.
In the name of commercial trade and export,UK,no doubt is playing a good
role in aiding more darkness to the future of the poor,dark continent.