UN Agency confirms holocaust in
Africa
Executive Intelligence Review, Nov. 13, 1999, p. 24
A
report focusing on the impact of AIDS on the African population's lifespan,
released on Oct. 28 (1998) by the UN Population Division (UNPD), reveals a
continent-wide holocaust. The UNPD, unlike the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), is a
demographic agency. The holocaust has been covered up by the UNFPA, which
sponsored the 1994 Malthusian "Cairo Conference." Rather than simply
making this "1998 Revision" available to and through UNFPA, the UNPD
released a 40-page summary to press around the world.
The
African population, reported to be 778.5 million in UNFPA's "State of the
World Population 1998," less than two months ago, is reported by UNPD to be
only 749 niillion-30 million Africans fewer! Comparing the new estimates to both
UN and U.S. Census Bureau figures for 1997 and 1996, it is possible that the
entire African population is now at zero growth or even falling, though the UNPD
has not drawn this conclusion.
The
new report zeroes in on only one cause for the drastic drop in life expectancy:
AIDS. In the 29 African countries hardest hit by the disease and its co-factors
combined, mortality is zooming and life expectancy is falling: from 49.2
years in the interval 1985 to 1990; to 48.5 years in 1990-95; to 47.5 years
currently; and, it will fall further during 2000-2005. Some individual
countries:
In
Zimbabwe, life expectancy has fallen from 52 years in 1990-95, to 44 years
in 1995-2000, and it is expected to fall to 41 years in 2000-2005.
In
Botswana, life expectancy has fallen from 61 years in 1990-95, to 47 years
in 1995-2000, and is projected to fall to 41 years in 2000-2005.
In
South Africa, life expectancy is expected to fall from 59 years in 1990-95, to
45 years 2005-10.
The
report adds Uganda and Burundi to the list of countries whose population is now
declining, which includes at least 10 African nations and more than 30 nations
worldwide. And the new, drastic downward revisions of the population estimates
for Nigeria and South Africa, by 15% each, raise the possibility of falling
populations there as well.