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...cruel as this behavior is, there is an even uglier side to this trade. The proceeds from the sale of conflict diamonds are used to fund prolonged, internecine wars in Sierra Leone, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other countries, hence the name “conflict diamonds.” The Washington Post reports that al Qaeda launders millions of dollars through the diamond trade. Even the most jaded observer will have to admit that the flow of conflict diamonds must be stopped. Unfortunately, the Kimberly Process won’t exert enough pressure to stop their flow...
...Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a country the size of Western Europe, is a leader in the production of conflict, diamonds, and conflict diamonds. Some observers have compared it to the Wild West. This land is saturated with natural resources, including diamonds, and the mines win DRC its share of shady characters. Rebel soldiers and al Qaeda operatives have been spotted around the mines, as well as armies from six African nations, helpfully occupying resource-rich territory. Planes take off from mines regularly on flights paths that are not even covered by radar. Needless to say, no one checks...
...saturated colors, stark chiaroscuro and dramatic skies of his later years. Among the artist's little-known portraits are his young wife, Maria Bicknell, and waist-length likenesses of three formidable matrons, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Pulham and Mrs. Tudor. One of the most striking things about the Congo Gestures show at the Musée Dapper is the size of some of its 110 carved wooden nkisi figures. While most nkisi figures - ritual religious statues - are about 20-cm tall, this exhibit displays some reaching nearly 1.2 m as they stand, left hand on hip, right arm brandishing a dagger...
Rieff shares that impression. He is an author and journalist who has spent the better part of the past 10 years observing killers and humanitarians on the job in places like Bosnia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Angola. "As I write," Rieff notes, "there are 27 major armed conflicts taking place in the world; 1.2 billion people are living on less than one dollar a day; 2.4 billion people have no access to basic sanitation; and 854 million adults, 543 million of them women, are illiterate." Rieff expresses his admiration for the humanitarians--Doctors Without Borders...
...From here, deterioration could accelerate, plunging the country into bloody sectarian violence, divorcing the economy even more from the international community, and turning its far-flung islands into increasingly fertile grounds for terrorism. If that occurs, Indonesia could sink to the status of countries such as Pakistan or the Congo, where economies are chronically dysfunctional and central leadership is largely incapable of governing. It doesn't have to go that way. The attack could strengthen the hand and the resolve of Indonesia's do-nothing chief, President Megawati Sukarnoputri, allowing her to stand up to terrorism and begin seriously addressing...