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10-30-2006, 06:03 AM
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Democratic Republic of Congo looking to end 130 years of corruption w/ new democracy
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10-30-2006, 02:49 PM
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alas
I want to be hopefull, as we need more and more stories of success in SA. We have hope for Liberia, and maybe even Siera Leone. Ivory Coast we had hope for, but that has turned out bad again.
Elections in Congo is already a HUGE step forward, but already it seems peace might stay away. Kabila had already mobilsed his army, even when it is quite clear he will win.
The problem is that people in countries like Congo (Zaire) has no background in democracy.
Well, that is one of the one million problems. Other problems include some smart European guys sitting in a smoking room in the late 19th century, drawing borders on a map of Africa, we now have to respect.
Congo (Zaire) consits of so many different ethnic groups, it is hard to see it ever properly functioning as one country.
But that is all in the past, and we must look to the future, so good luck Congo
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10-31-2006, 02:59 AM
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Indeed
I am not for a total redrawing of the map, that would also cause many problems and wars, what is done is done, but we should not be closed minded to the idea of a map being redrawn from time to time.
An example. The Republic of Nothern Somalia is not reconised by many states, and not the UN, because of this insistance not to change Africa's maps. But this country, unlike Somalia, has a working democratic government, is peacefull and stable, and has a working economy.
So let's help them by reconising them, and alowing them to fully break from Mogadishu.
another example. sorry, Sudan will not have peace as a united country. So let's allow the African (black) south to break from the Muslim North, let's have to countries, and stop this deadlly civil war that's bee nraging for literaly 100's of years.
There are examples of place where it is working to combine tribes and nations. Like in SA, where we have 11 official languages and 13 tribes or ethnic groups reconised. Yet no one want s to break away (okay, every now and then the Zulu king talks about having an independent kingdom, but no one takes him seriously anyway, not even his own people).
But this coming weekend I'll have look at the African map and have a go at it!
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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. - Nelson Mandela
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11-02-2006, 06:09 AM
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11-12-2006, 10:34 AM
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11-16-2006, 06:17 AM
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11-17-2006, 02:00 PM
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11-21-2006, 02:55 PM
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Just thought I would let people know, BBC International has reported that gunfire around govt bldgs in the Congo, because of election fraud and is expected to intensify.
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11-21-2006, 02:59 PM
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It has been anounced that pro-Bemba men attacked police officers in the capital. The SA embassy has asked the goverment here to declare a 'High Alert'
It seems our dreams are being shatterd
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. - Nelson Mandela
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