http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6947399.stm
After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, many Hutu extremists slipped over the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their presence and ethnic tensions caused by them have led to conflicts for over a decade. I had been researching those conflicts for my focus country report and found that the election last year was hailed as being able to stop the conflict. I hadn't found any resources specifically mentioning how the conflict was settled after the election, until now. This article clearly states that the conflict is still going strong. When will it end? Or more constructively stated, how will it ever end?
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The thing about african conflict that we fail to remember a lot of times is; Nation-states do not exist to many of the people in Africa. They are concerned with their tribes and their people, so this sort of democracy that tries to smooth things over actually seems to be what stirs things up. Before colonization and democratization I feel like there was much more stability with Africa. Maybe democracy coming from a nation state is not the answer for Africa
I'm pretty sure my news belongs on your world news blog. It's high up there in importance =) You had to do a project with this before I even knew what a blog was. That's pretty sad on my part. How's school going?
And I worry sometimes what Danica tells people =) You never know what she will come up with!
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