From: "andrew cooke" <andrew@...>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:34:45 -0300 (CLST)
Darfur conflict background: - BBC Quick Guide - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5316306.stm - BBC Coverage - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2004/sudan/default.stm - Wikipedia on conflict - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict - Wikipedia on response - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_the_Darfur_conflict - Map - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Darfur_map.png French bombing in aid of CAR to put down rebellion: - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2076138.ece - http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/01/africa/AF_GEN_Central_African_Republic_Rebels.php Connection seems to be: - Darfur promoting general instability - Claims from rebels about racial preferences - CAR claims rebels backed by Sudan Andrew
More on French War
From: "andrew cooke" <andrew@...>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:34:33 -0400 (CLT)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article3030349.ece For 40 years, the French government has been fighting a secret war in Africa, hidden not only from its people, but from the world. It has led the French to slaughter democrats, install dictator after dictator – and to fund and fuel the most vicious genocide since the Nazis. Today, this war is so violent that thousands are fleeing across the border from the Central African Republic into Darfur – seeking sanctuary in the world's most notorious killing fields Andrew