The Democratic Republic of the Congo, a.k.a. the DRC, or more commonly “the Congo”, has experienced an endless nightmare of violence, poverty, famine, sickness, and murder for the past 16 years. The constant bloodshed between the national and armed forces has led to countless civilian deaths, or the genocide in the Congo. Before I go on any further, I must explain what a genocide is. A genocide is the attempted destruction of an entire group of people. The most famous example is the Holocaust in
in seek of aid. The genocide was between April 7th and July 15th 1994, therefore it is known as the 100 day war. The genocide or in context the Rwandan Civil War was fought between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Ongoing conflicts began in 1990 between the hutu-led government and the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front). The RPF was created in 1987 by the Tutsi refugee diaspora in Uganda. The first Tutsi refugees fled to Uganda to escape ethnic purges in the beginning of 1959. Juvénal Habyarimana was the
Mobutu Sese Seko was born in Lisala, Belgian Congo on October 14, 1930. His mother, Marie, was a hotel maid and his father, Albéric, was a cook for a Belgian judge. Albéric died when Mobutu was only eight years old. Mobutu’s mother took care of him and his three other siblings with the help of her relatives. Mobutu was intelligent even as a boy. When he was young, the wife of his father’s employer taught him how to speak fluent French. When Mobutu was old enough his mother sent him away to a catholic
absolutely wrong. Somewhere in Africa, a war similar has happened, and it’s considered atrocious because this foolish war costed the death of millions by hunger, diseases, and especially rape. It has also become ghastly because the very root of this
Great War of the Congo(DRC) The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DRC or Congo, is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world. The DRC is located in west- central Africa. The Congo is rich in natural resources, especially immensely in mineral- rich land. The Congo has faced corruption, instability and conflict, which have kept the country from growing and developing. I am going to tell you about the Congo, how the first war of the Congo began
), there has(have) been no less than 28 sub-Saharan countries at war. Despite this staggering statistic, media and modern society has turned their eyes away from these conflicts. Roughly half of the sub-Saharan countries are either at war or having internal conflict within their own nation. These conflicts have posed a great economic and safety threat onto the continent of Africa. In countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is no longer safe for an innocent citizen to lead a normal life
The recent Civil War in Congo has been a bloody flight, causing more then 3.3 million deaths in just 4 short years.1 Various rebel and ethnic groups have have been involved in the violence, fighting over Congo's rich natural resources or engaged in a bitter ethnic war. With so many opposing factions, it has made reaching a solution difficult. While a rough peace treaty has been established, sporadic fighting pops up in the country everyday. The people of Congo are being pushed farther into poverty
War demands innovation. The constant political corruption and tension between the Congolese Government and its people have forced both sides to resort to drastic measures. The threat of cannibalism is one of the ingenious war tactics that the people of the Congo have used during times of need. While killing someone with a gun, public executions, or torturing have not gotten the desired results, the Congolese viewed cannibalism as the new method for winning the war. During the Congo-Arab War, the
.] They chased him about the grounds all day, howling, jeering, and yelling. Some of them poked him in the ribs, others tripped him up, all laughed at him” (The “Pygmies”). William McGee, an American showman and anthropologist, opened the world’s first Human Zoo. He wanted to feature people who he depicted as exotic or unusual. Among all of the people that McGee brought to this Human Zoo, the six Pygmies from Africa stood out to the white customers. The customers treated the Pygmies like caged animals
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been and unstable area for decades. Between the wars, conflicts, and armed groups nothing about the country is safe. Armed rebel militias earn millions of dollars more than the country is worth every year by selling conflict minerals. Conflict Minerals are defined as minerals that have been retrieved from areas of war or strife. These minerals could be in our electronics devices, and other products we use everyday. Government troops and militias fight to control
there have been many wars and problems with poverty as well as famine that lead to war. One specific war was the civil war in Congo also known as The Great War of Africa. The war in Congo lasted from August 1998 to July 2003 and left thousands of people dead or injured. The war started because of issues in the DRC which stands for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The war was a long and terrifying war that ended when the transitional government of Democratic Republic of Congo took power. Africas unfriendliness
Spanish, German, Portuguese, and he claimed to have learned several African languages due to his time spent in the region. While he was linguistically gifted he was also blessed with old Soviet army contacts that he kept close to and would use in his first aeronautical ventures. After Viktor left military service the Soviet Union was in a matte... ... middle of paper ... ...08 by the Thai Royal Police in conjunction with, and political pressure by the CIA. After two years the “Merchant of Death”
Colin Turnbull, author of the classic 1962 book, The Forest People, instantly dives into the direct relationship of cultural practices of the Mbuti, and as the reader, I as able to draw similar connections to our western civilization and the traits that are shared. Turnbull describes the closed world of the Mbuti (pg. 13) and how outsiders could view it as hostile, dangerous and unforgiving. Turnbull speaks of hesitant village people, afraid of venturing into the forest. As they view it with despair
The word Mbole means “people of the downstream.” The people of the downstream is a fairly accurate name because the Mbole are located just south of the Congo River. The second largest river in the world covers a vast area of territory and along that territory are people that live above and below the stream. The Lengola, Metoko, and the Yela people just to name a few. These people are very close to one another and although there are differences across each group in areas such as food, culture or
the largest youth movements in the United States where they finally stood up against the “establishment” and broke their parents’ expectations of conformity. This counter-culture represented one of the most vocal groups of the anti-war movement against the Vietnam War, despite its small percentage. Their parents looked down on their newfound attitude that welcomed rock n’ roll, pre-marital sex, and drugs amongst other controversies. Current events included upheaval over social and civil rights, and
The First Opium War or the Anglo-Chinese War fought in 1839 to 1842 between Britain and China was the product of a century long imbalance between the two country’s trades and had long lasting impacts on China. Britain was a nation addicted to tea, a delicacy that could only be grown in China and the silver they spent on it began to drain the treasury. The counterattack for Britain was opium. The ill effects of the drug soon became apparent, as addiction problems worsened; officials in both China
Journal of World History 17.2 (2006): 197-223. JSTOR. Web. . Mackay, Derek. Eastern Customs: The Customs Service in British Malaya and the Opium Trade. London: Radcliffe, 2005. Print. Melancon, Glenn. "Honour in Opium? The British Declaration of War on China, 1839-1840." The International History Review 21.4 (1999): 855-74. JSTOR. Web. . Rush, James R. "Opium in Java: A Sinister Friend." The Journal of Asian Studies 44.3 (1985): 549-60. JSTOR. Web. . Wen, Cheng U. "Opium in the Straits Settlements
and civil unrest. The Vietnam War, a war no one wanted to have or be a part of. This was a time of change for America and Tim O’Brien was right in the middle of it. “Someone writing about leaving one's country, and the horrors of that: the dislocations, the lingering sense of moral failure, or moral rectitude, which can also haunt you,” O’Brien was a one of the many writers of the Postmodernist movement (O’Brien 31). Postmodernism started after the end of World War II and continues to our present
For anyone under the age of 50 or so, the Vietnam War occupies an indistinct place in the closet of memory. Recalled by those alive then as the first “televised” war, its grainy images have been replaced by the 24-hour detailed coverage of more recent conflicts. The life of the foot soldier, however, hasn’t changed all that much in the 39 years since the war ended. In his extraordinary novel, Karl Marlantes portrays with brutal sincerity the fear, valor and perseverance that are the lot of the warrior
shares several different experiences during the Vietnam War that had a great impact on the soldiers that fought along side him and himself. Although not all the stories are connected to one another, some intertwine. Attempting to show the reader who he is then and who he is now throughout the book, O’Brien flips back and forth between the past and the present: sharing his experiences during the war and his current time being a post-war father. War takes a toll on a man in more ways than one. Many seek