Congo

[Newapplicant78]

Surely, if Canadians were even marginally interested, there would be more smash on this in the media.

Alright so it's historical and most of the articles on this topic are historical.

 

[Edward Campbell]

Alright so it's historical and most of the articles on this topic are historical.

Look, Betty, the current, ongoing disasters of Central Africa - corruption, rape, ineptitude, murder and so on - are not historical, they are very real, right in our faces, human tragedies. Regrettably, for the victims, Central Africa doesn't matter. It could matter and, given Africa's stocks of e.g. strategic minerals, it should matter but until Africans decide, for themselves, to fix things for themselves no one but the Chinese will care and I guarantee you that the Chinese care even less about Africans and the tragedies that befall them than do the corporate elites and bankers on Wall Street and in Zurich.

So, Betty, there must be reasons why Obama, the 'leader' of the West, thinks Libya is important but Congo is not; there is: he sees some advantages for the US in intervening in Libya but he sees none in black Africa. It is, always, a matter of national self interest, and Africa, African 'leaders,' have managed to make themselves and their problems indifferent to most of the important nations of the world.

I wish Africa well in the tender embrace of the Chinese ... but it may be the continent's best chance. The Chinese are, more or less, investing in Africa and, for a change, demanding some return on their investment. Maybe some African leaders will grow up and see that there is some "way" beyond handouts from the West, out of the holes which they, African 'leaders,' have dug for their countries.

 

[57Chevy]

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A Peace of Conflict

The DR Congo, MONUC and Joseph Kabila  (March 21, 2010)
http://apeaceofconflict.com/2010/03/21/the-dr-congo-monuc-and-joseph-kabila/
article excerpts;
The UN mission in the Congo is the largest and most expensive in history with now more than 20,000 personnel on the ground. 150 UN personnel have lost their lives since the mission’s inception in 1999.

Congolese President Joseph Kabila calls for their immediate departure. Human Rights Watch has accused MONUC of complicity in massive abuses against the local population. Locals protest the UN headquarters, tell rumors of lizard-eating UN troops,.....

The full article is quite informative and worth the read.
from another article dated April 2010; Mr. Kabila states that he would like the entire force out by late August 2011