Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for appearing before us this afternoon.
This is another sad chapter in the history of Africa. In the last discussion we had, we were talking about assistance and how we can move forward with assistance and can basically better the situation in Africa—which has had a generation of failures; I think we all agree with that. It was brought to our attention that there are some areas in the world, and not just Africa, where there seem to be some real battles going on.
Wouldn't you agree that the northern part of Africa—and I think we've seen the very northern part of the Africa, but the sub-Sahara especially—is in a position of turmoil, much of it the result of religious wars going on? Would you agree with that statement?