Saturday, March 26, 2011

What about the Ivory Coast

Africa:  Neglected.  Suffers in silence.

Nuclear fall out from the reactors in Japan.  Civil unrest, censorship and governmental crack down in the Middle East and sadly all these events eclipse the tragedy that has persisted in Africa.


“What can we do?” he said. “When the rains come we will really suffer.”



Mr. Dourmadji and hundreds of other ragged, hungry people came out of hiding Friday morning to meet John Holmes, the United Nations’ new under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, who visited the Central African Republic on the last leg of a 10-day visit to the region.

  
Give a voice to injustice, speak out for those who cries are not heard.  


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/world/africa/26ivory-coast.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/world/africa/02car.html?ref=centralafricanrepublic

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