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Hillary Rodham Clinton’s recent trip to Africa included a noteworthy visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a brief stop at Goma, the epicenter of the violence in the east. Clinton’s stopover marked a significant departure from previous U.S. policy with Congo. Her visit, undoubtedly the highest-level visit by an American dignitary ever, represents a genuine attempt by the Obama administration to draw attention to the country’s prolonged crisis.
It seems that green shoots are appearing on the horizon, but much will depend on the behavior of the U.S., which, for far too long, has preferred to outsource our Congo policy to neighboring autocratic regimes. Is there a chance that the decade-and-a-half-long war in Congo is nearing its end? If so, what role can the U.S. play in peacekeeping?
Though surrounded by violence, Goma is a bustling and dusty city located in the Great Rift Valley in the shadow of the stunning Nyiragongo volcano. The physical beauty surrounding the town masks some of the devastation wrought by the brutal civil war and the devastating volcanic eruption in 2002. The city of close to half a million people is actually a refuge from the primarily rural fighting between the government, the armies of Rwanda and Uganda, a U.N.-peacekeeping force and a collection of various militias. With an extensive international humanitarian presence and a central role in the region’s black market trade in minerals, it is at the center of a real estate boom with lakefront houses frequently selling for over a million dollars. It is also home to tens of thousands of internally displaced people fleeing the fighting in the rural areas. Living in ramshackle housing built on top of a lava field, many of these victims suffer silently—grateful to be away from the worst of the fighting, but unable to return to their homes until a more permanent solution is found. During a recent visit, civilians I spoke with repeatedly told me that the only long-term solution for Congo is for the country’s government institutions, including the military, to be strengthened free from foreign intervention.
The war in Congo has many causes including the collapse of the kleptocratic regime of Mobutu Sese Seko. Once a key Cold War ally of the United States, he was abandoned after the fall of the Soviet Union, leaving his government incapable of controlling vast areas of this often impenetrable country. (The country is vast, stretching across the center of the continent.) With such extensive and porous borders, many rebel groups in the region have found Congo a hospitable refuge from the fighting in their home countries—to the detriment of the people living within.
Following the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, close to 1 million perpetrators of the violence fled the encroaching Tutsi army known as the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF). Its victory and the subsequent ascension of Paul Kagame ended the genocide in Rwanda by essentially exporting its long-running ethnic tensions to neighboring Congo.
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Somali (Mogadishu, Rwanda, Congo) is another war torn, corrupt government on the continent of Africa. It seems to me that the black population that immigrated (sold) to white slavers are much better off than their brothers in the Mother continent. The same amount of time has elapsed and the standard of liiving is the same in Africa as it was 350 years ago.
What is the variable here?
Obama has failed to help his own brother is Kenya, I thought he was his brothers keeper?
Whats going on here?
I am all confused.
White man bad, black man good!
Black athletes punished disproportionaly, laws applied unfairly to blacks.
Too many blacks in prison.
Health Care is racial issue.
Girl screws man...man bites girl.
Che Guavera is a hero!
Rush Limbaugh is dividing the counrty>
Glenn Beck is racist?
Glenn Beck is getting fired.
American Problems are white mans fault.
African Problems are white mans fault.
Rukus is angry
Jian has no sense of humor
POTUS is a dwell documented liberla (and the most prepared poster on the site)
Crowley bad.
Gates Good (no , Gates is brilliant and Crowley is a racist white cop!
Obama is going on a well deserved vacation but Bush is a slacker. (neither of these guys ever goes on vacation)
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What is the variable here? Just asking.
Much has really been lost within the myopic and moronic media coverage over the first two weeks of August 2009. Within was the highly significant importance of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's multinational African tour. If we were getting the real news, rather than the nonsense that passes for it, we would be able see the strategic economic and geopolitical importance that the continent is having (and will have even more) for the U.S. during the 21st century. "Breaking news" remains broken in most U.S. news media Africa reportage. It's also a given that no one should expect or count on BET, TV One and most other Black media for regular and substantive Africa news coverage.
Between President Obama's Africa trips (more to come), Secretary Clinton's diplomatic efforts, U.S./Africa business opportunities, plus the growing relevance and relations of the U.S. Africa Command (AfriCom), we will see a major policy paradigm shift between the United States and the 53 nations of Africa — beyond the still abundant and strategic resources throughout the continent. China, Russia, India and others are well aware of it — and made their move on Africa long before the election of President Barack Obama.
Once again, Africa is the continent of choice — now in a new century. Moreover, African Americans uniquely have a greater opportunity to reconnect and be empowered through numerous entreprenurial, cultural, humanitarian and political endeavors from Liberia (a west African nation established by freed American slaves during the 1820s) down to South Africa. In this regard, it is key to note the first seven African countries Mrs. Clinton visited — plus the various less reported advances she made there on behalf of the United States. Secretary of State Clinton may well be America's best asset in and beyond Africa.
Much more than ever before, despite the under-reported efforts of President Obama, Secretary Clinton and other U.S. officials, America has a new and better chance to get it right in Africa, and related things out of Africa. The geopolitical/geoeconomic map is quickly changing — and very related to what's happening in our states and neighborhoods.
Keep up, and pay CLOSE attention people!
Dennis Moore — Publisher — http://www.POTUSworld.com — ppceo@potusworld.com
REQUIRED READING:
Dead Aid:
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
By Dambisa Moyo
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374139563?ie=UTF8&tag=pw0f-20&linkCode...
http://www.dambisamoyo.com/deadaid.html
RELATED LINKS:
http://www.africom.mil/
http://www.africom.mil/ward.asp
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/by_category/category/Travel_Diary/
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=55480
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia
http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/index/index.htm
http://www.dambisamoyo.com/deadaid.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm
http://www.state.gov/
http://allafrica.com/
http://wnafrica.com/
http://wn.com/africa
http://af.reuters.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union
ANALYSIS & NEWS:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111838290
http://allafrica.com/stories/200908140153.html
http://www.france24.com/en/20090811-topstory-hillary-clinton-nigeria-dip...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR200908...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=arTkZo5.MzNU
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/08/127845.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8198679.stm
http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSLD591165
http://www.state.gov/secretary/trvl/map/?trip_id=14
http://africa.jumptv.com/
Why waste money in helping a country that is full of evolutionized primates that can barely function as human beings?