For those of you who have not seen the movie "Blood Diamond," I highly recommend it. It shines a light on some of the conflict that is going on in Africa today. The movie describes the instability in Africa and the illegal smuggling of diamonds. According to the movie many children, mostly young boys, are forced to kill others to help fight a war that they do not even understand.
Along with the movie I also came across this article about how the issues in Africa are being overlooked by the wars in the Middle East. There is much more devastation in Africa then there has been in Iraq or Israel. Africa had 88% of the conflict death toll from 1990 to 2007. That is an astonishing number. There are over 9 million refugees in Africa.
How does a travesty such as this not get a sufficient amount of media attention every day. I know most of the United States population is interested in the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan, but the situation in Africa should matter to all humanity. I think it is interesting that we are the forerunners of freedom, but have no real presence in Africa to help the people in need.
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Strangely enough, Bush actually did a lot in Africa, and I never heard about any of it, in the media or elsewhere, until I went to a speech by a man from Darfur. I wonder if Obama will bring it more to the media's attention since it has to do with his own heritage.
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