Congo: EU to send peacekeeping force
EU approves Congo peacekeeping force. - BBC click
The French-led peacekeeping force, which received United Nations Security Council approval last Friday, will comprise about 1,400 personnel and is due to start deploying at the end of this week.
It is estimated that 50,000 people have died in tribals wars in Congo since 1998.
Here's hoping they can get something done.
The French-led peacekeeping force, which received United Nations Security Council approval last Friday, will comprise about 1,400 personnel and is due to start deploying at the end of this week.
It is estimated that 50,000 people have died in tribals wars in Congo since 1998.
Here's hoping they can get something done.
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THEY'RE JUST AFTER THE OIL!!!!!!
THE ALIENS ARE COMING!!! THE ALIENS ARE COMING!!!!
Originally posted by groverat
EU approves Congo peacekeeping force. - BBC click
The French-led peacekeeping force, which received United Nations Security Council approval last Friday, will comprise about 1,400 personnel and is due to start deploying at the end of this week.
It is estimated that 50,000 people have died in tribals wars in Congo since 1998.
Here's hoping they can get something done.
It will be interesting to see the results. Still this is like fighting fire. If nothing is done to prevent new fires, then no progress has been made.
Good luck, indeed.
PS : AO is not excluded in this wish
Originally posted by ColanderOfDeath
The Franco-Belgian-German-Luxembourgian(?) Coalition of the Willing would have been perfect for this one though I suppose they must not be ready yet to take on such a major task.
Hate to bust your bubble, but Belgium is not one of the willing, although we have reached the point in which we will 'consider' partaking in a mission led by someone else.
Originally posted by groverat
It is estimated that 50,000 people have died in tribals wars in Congo since 1998.
Actually the figure is more around 250,000 deaths directly related to the wars. However the number of people that have died in Congo as a result of the wars numbers around +/- 2,000,000. It is really a tragedy and the world community has been missing in action. Peace keepers are not enough to solve this crisis.
Fellowship
But if you want to get anti-EU political about it you can definitely note how European imperialism is the cause of a ton of these African problems and that only small efforts like these are made to fix those problems.
Originally posted by groverat
The UN approved.
But if you want to get anti-EU political about it you can definitely note how European imperialism is the cause of a ton of these African problems and that only small efforts like these are made to fix those problems.
I'm looking forward to your dissertation.
Badly.
The least we can do is treat Africans like people worthy of protection.
Originally posted by Scott
Wait wait I'm congfused! Where's the thoughtless knee jerk anti-...?
You're thoughtless enough for the rest of us...
Originally posted by bunge
You're thoughtless enough for the rest of us...
ZIIIIIIIIING!