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Old 06-17-2007, 12:47 PM
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are the tribes still fighting in Africa???

they have been fighting for centuries wheres the peace
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Old 06-17-2007, 04:19 PM
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Some tribes fight each other. Some don't. It's a lot more peaceful now than in the past. Peace takes a long time.
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Old 06-17-2007, 05:00 PM
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And no one is fighting in Europe?
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Old 06-17-2007, 06:11 PM
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Well, we're just a bit more subtle about it.
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Old 06-18-2007, 01:33 AM
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You call Kosovo subtle??
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Old 06-18-2007, 07:20 AM
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The last time I have checked, it was in the majority of religion clashing in Africa, simliiar than in Europe, like Kosovo and Chechnya with Russia. Muslims versus Christian, only the clashes between Ethiopia and Eriterea can be classified as tribe clashes, as well as sporadic clashes in the Democratic of Congo. Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Algeria is religion clashes.
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Old 06-18-2007, 09:13 AM
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go Christians! crusade their asses
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Old 06-18-2007, 09:39 AM
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You call Kosovo subtle??
It is now. And even the Bosnian war was nothing compared to say, the Congo War, or even one of the "smaller" wars like Somalia or Sudan. In the 90s, Africa was the most violent continent. Luckily, it is starting to become more peaceful, with the end of things like the Congo war.

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The last time I have checked, it was in the majority of religion clashing in Africa, simliiar than in Europe, like Kosovo and Chechnya with Russia. Muslims versus Christian, only the clashes between Ethiopia and Eriterea can be classified as tribe clashes, as well as sporadic clashes in the Democratic of Congo. Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Algeria is religion clashes.
I disagree. Somalia and Algeria are virtually all Muslim, in Sudan the Arab Janjaweed militia kill Christians, Animists and Muslims, as long as they're black. Nigeria is a mix, some of it is about religion, but different tribes of the same religion fight over, for example, oil rights in the Niger delta.
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Old 06-18-2007, 10:27 AM
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But still, in Algeria, the fighting has a strong religious undertone, as I understand it, it is Islamitic extremists fighting the government. Lately it is the same in Somalia.

But yes, ethics play a huge role on fighting on the continent, but a lot of this has to do with the silly way the European powers drew up the map of Africa at the Berlin Conference in the Africa Land Grab

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Old 06-18-2007, 10:35 AM
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Spot on Africahope! If a person looks closely at the map of Africa, all the states of Africa north and central, have straight lines to divide it's borders, while the southern states of Africa, have natural borders. Where in the world, beside those above mentoined states of Africa, is there straight lines to mark the borders???
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