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...some of the same Hutu militias responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus during the Rwanda genocide. Both Hutu and Tutsi groups are remnants of refugee militias that fled to Congo during and after the genocidal conflicts in Rwanda. "This is a massacre such as Africa has probably never seen, which is taking place virtually before our eyes," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told Europe 1 radio before departing Paris for DRC on Friday...
...Namibia's government held the first legal ivory auction since 1999, with more than seven tons of elephant tusks raising over $1 million from buyers in China and Japan. The sale--sanctioned by an international-wildlife-trade agreement--will soon be followed by auctions in Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, with the proceeds earmarked for elephant conservation efforts. Detractors say the auctions could rekindle black-market demand for ivory...
...forced by circumstances in their own countries, some were wrenched out of their homes to serve as slaves. But all that happened years ago. One would assume that by now any form of bigotry would be completely eradicated, but no. The people who suffered persecution in Europe, Asia or Africa are now the persecutors, thereby perpetuating hate and fear. Shouldn't that kind of American wake up, realize that they live in a different world where there is no pure blood (we are all "mixes," thank God!) and mature once and for all? Maybe Barack Obama cannot change our country...
...Unknown Africa I have bitten my tongue several times as your reporters, including Alex Perry and Vivienne Walt, glibly write about growing poverty in South Africa. This "conventional wisdom" is repeated in "Verbatim" [Oct. 20]. It simply isn't true. Measures of income generally show that poverty has fallen by as much as 20% over the past seven or eight years. One reason has been that employment rose considerably during the mid-2000s; another is that social-assistance programs now reach 12 million South Africans. It is true that inequality seems to have increased, but that is because...
Accepting Blame Why do we hear so many Americans blaming their government for the financial crisis [Oct. 20]? Observing from the southern tip of Africa, with my little salary of $1,500 a month, I cannot help but ask when will Americans themselves accept responsibility for the problem and recognise that they have been living beyond their means for much too long? Are you adult, responsible people, or should your government also wash your ears in the morning? Henri du Plessis, CAPE TOWN