h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

In the last four weeks, the world changed.
She looks different for a start, the shorelines around the Indian Ocean have changed forever.
Town and villages have gone, and the people who breathed life into them breathe no more.
Iraq still bleeds, their torturers are handed minimal sentences, and war still stalks the world.
But the consciousness of the world has changed too. Governments across the world have been given a kick up the backside by their people, and, at last, politicians are seriously talking about fixing Africa.
Maybe there is hope yet.