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...unlimited greed of some nationals. International cooperation is needed to halt the interference of Congo's neighbors, the armed conflicts and the looting of Congolese resources - and to bring peace, a higher living standard and efficient, honest democratic governance. Without addressing Congo's problems, there will be no progress in a vast area of the continent, and the so-called First World will continue trying to stop African immigrants with walls, patrol boats and airport controls. Luis Beltrán Alcalá de Henares, Spain Thank you for drawing the world's attention to the problems of Congo and indeed...
...world's worst humanitarian crises. I must take issue, however, with the authors' contention that the country cannot save itself. It is true that Congo needs a great deal of international support to hold elections, develop infrastructure and put an end to the insecurity in the east. But real progress will occur only when all of Congo's leaders and citizens decide to make things better for themselves. If there is one lesson we can learn from Africa's history, it is that the best solutions to the continent's problems almost always come from within. Laura Seay Goma, Democratic...
...have suffered most. "We risk getting into a pernicious cycle where money for long-term recovery is being diverted to fund emergency relief," says head of Oxfam in East Africa, Paul Smith-Lomas. "If long-term projects are raided every time we face a crisis, the region will never progress." The U.N. has come up with an answer, a retooled version of a 15-year-old emergency relief reserve, now called the Central Emergency Response Fund (cerf). Until a few months ago, U.N. agencies had to apply for funding allocation on a case-by-case basis, a bureaucratic process that...
...battle would be short. Election Day, Nov. 5, was only two months off when the Progressives went forth to proselytize. Taft had already dropped from sight, telling the newspapers that he planned to take a long vacation and would stand on his record. It was said that the ideological difference between Roosevelt and Wilson was the difference between Tweedledum and Tweedledee, but on one fundamental they sharply disagreed. Wilson was a states'-rights man who contended that the history of liberty was a history of limiting the power of the national government. Roosevelt was a confirmed nationalist, convinced that...
...administration, dean, and interim president are very interested in making progress on this issue and want to be involved in any way the faculty wishes them to be," Menand said...