But last month, with time running out, Western political leaders found new resolve.
Even European leaders who want to help may find it difficult.
"If this is the case, we African leaders might as well go home and find other methods of developing ourselves."
We hope that these new leaders will find a solution.
But one leader of this country after another has found it difficult in Europe.
He had ceased being amazed at how many of the world's business, social, and political leaders found a need for his services.
Political leaders do not usually find it easy to change their positions.
But these are also the most dangerous of forces, as every new leader has found.
For 10 years, the world, looking through the bubble, thought Japan's economic leaders had found a better way.
The leaders of the two groups realized the danger and found a solution.