the sloppy transition of power to Mobutu. He launched a full-scale “African authenticity” crusade that attempted to reinvigorate the Congolese identity. In 1971‚ he changed the name of the country from the Congo to Zaire (it would became the Democratic Republic of the Congo in (DRC) in 1997‚ as it remains to this day). He did the same with a number of other Congolese cities. Mobutu awarded contracts and security jurisdiction to officials within his own ethnic group—yet
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Civil War is rooted in history. Hundreds of years before their civil war‚ many people were kidnapped and forced into slavery. Ensuring a safe place aboard their own ships from disease and illness‚ European slave traders would employ the help of local tribal leaders to find people to be slaves and bring them to the coast. Slaves were usually traded for weapons to be used in conflicts with neighboring tribes. The Congo region learned early on that their inhabitants
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namely the Rwandans‚ and to get combatants inside of the country to hold a summit and find a peaceful and fair resolution to the problem‚ with a superpower like the United States acting as host and mediator. Once all quarrels are amended‚ the Congolese can start to focus on a economic strategy for rebuilding the country. Congo ’s Civil War began on November 2nd‚ 1998 when Laurent Kabila tried to drive out Rwandan militants who helped him overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko.2 Sese Seko came into power
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services agency that provides services to newly arrived refugees‚ asylees‚ parolees‚ survivors of human trafficking and any other expatriate escaping persecution appertaining to race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group‚ and/or political opinion. Since its initiation in 2003 in Austin‚ TX‚ RST has provided resettlement services to over 15‚000 refugees. RST is funded by both state and national partners and includes former refugees on its staff‚ who collectively speak over 16 languages
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Union is developing capacities for early warning‚ quick reaction‚ management and resolution of conflicts in the African region of the world. Africa has witnessed more conflicts than any other continent in the world. There have been over 9million refugees and internally displaced people due to conflicts in Africa. The causes of conflicts in Africa are many and they frequently recur‚ including major causes of potential tensions and conflicts‚ which could perhaps be summarised and classified below
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of some 100‚000 people. It led to the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba‚ as well as a traumatic setback to the United Nations following the death of UN Secretary Prior to the establishment of the First Republic in 1960‚ the native Congolese elites had formed semi-political organizations which gradually evolved into the main parties striving for independence. These organizations were formed on one of three foundations: ethnic kingship‚ connections formed in schools‚ and urban intellectualism
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Comparative Non-Western Environments October 4‚ 2013 The Democratic Republic of Congo France originally colonized the Democratic Republic of Congo. French is still one of the main spoken languages there. The Democratic Republic of Congo is located in central Africa. This location allows grief from neighboring countries on the other hand it is in an ideal location by way of trade routes to other countries and access to the Atlantic Ocean and the Congo River. The Democratic Republic of Congo is
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The Cold War‚ often dated from 1947 to 1991‚ was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc‚ dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies‚ and powers in the Eastern Bloc‚ dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany‚ leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. A neutral faction arose with the
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“Never Again” After World War II‚ the phrase “Never Again” was used in response to the Holocaust. Since then‚ the world has failed to respond to the genocides in Rwanda‚ Uganda‚ and Sudan. The phrase “Never Again” means exactly what it says. The world knew that the war was so bad‚ and so many people had died‚ that they would never let it happen again. Many nations reacted to the Holocaust‚ which is why it was a world war. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days after Hitler invaded
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Democratic Republic of The Congo Researching a country like the DRC has really opened my eyes to the differences in the world’s ethnicities and cultures. The DRC has experienced many changes‚ some as recently as 2006‚ when the country adopted its latest constitution. The many different geographic locations and ethnic tribes‚ such as the Pygmies‚ have a somewhat big impact on the entire country. The poorest country in the world‚ the DRC was established as a colony of Belgium in 1908 and gained its
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