Sunday, November 9, 2008

Congo thing.

From what I can tell, this article contains information about the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  More specifically is about an aid convoy that reached a refugee camp, only to find that the camp was mostly empty.  The article goes on to explain what world leaders are doing to try to help the people of Goma and to put a stop to the war in the Congo.

According to wikipedia the war in the Congo is the world's deadliest conflict since WWII.  The dispute is over government power, as wars often are.  Two opposing groups are trying to win their way into government by means of violence.

No matter the outcome of this dispute, nobody is a winner.  5.4 million people are dead, and for what, so some fool can overthrow some other fool to control a small African country.  Some things I will never understand.

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