The following six stories from the BBC sum up the state of Central Africa:Charges Urged For Kenya 'Torture'
Kenyan Refugees Fear Going Home
Ugandan Army Kills Congo Rebels
Sudan Clashes Prompt UN Pull-Out
Somali Talks End With No Meeting
Burundi Rebels Arrive For Talks
My Comment: For everyone's info, and to put everything into perspective, the population numbers for these countries are the following:
Sudan: 37 million
Burundi: 8 million
Rwanda: 10 million
Kenya: 35 million
Ethiopia: 75 million
Somalia: 10 million
Dem. Of Congo: 63 million
Uganda: 31 million
Total: 269 million
269 million people living in a society with no proper legal system, limited free press, almost no outside investment, limited economic activity, little if any tolerance for democratic institutions or free elections, hundreds of different ethnic groups who are openly suspicious of those who are not part of their "tribe".
Limited roads, limited communications, limited schools and education, limited medical facilities, but plenty ... and I mean plenty .... of guns.
Rwanda has had a genocide. Kenya is breaking down along tribal loyalties. Somalia has had no functional government since god knows when. Sudan if it is not busy exterminating its people is getting involved in the external affairs of others. Ethiopia is in Somalia. Ethiopia is threatening Eritrea. Uganda with a history of Idi Amin and its own history of internal strife. And the Congo with its history of continuous wars and internal conflicts.
269 million people living in hell.
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