give peace a chance

not that anyone noticed, but peace might have a chance in central Africa if the Qatar/US backed negotiations solve the miniwar between the DRC (Congo) and Rwanda.

This could lead to the US access to rare earth minerals in the region, not to mention control of various nasty diseases that could turn into epidemics. And of course, help the locals to live in peace so they can stop migrating to Europe.

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..update...

a long analysis.

lots of bitterness because this has it's roots in the Rwanda genocide, that was not stopped by the UN peacekeepers, and one that happened in open sight but Europe and Clinton refused to send in a small force that could have stopped it (most of the murders were by low level thugs). The invaders who took over the cities in the eastern DRC are called the bad guys, but one of my human rights newsletters insist they were merely intervening to protect their people who were refugees there. Like most of the news we get, it is complicated, and has it's roots in colonialism (where Europeans ruled by setting tribes who had a long history of antagaonism against each other so they could take over) and pressure from population growth, degredation of the farm lands, and of course that lovely mineral wealth. Complicated by a volcano, and disease outbreaks.

Sigh.

Both Qatar and Trumpieboy are essentially business oriented, and of course they want to develop the local valuable mineral resources. China has tried to take these over, but had made itself unpopular because (like they did here in the Philippines with Duterte) they insisted they were going to do local development in exchange for their take over, but of course they did nothing.

One doubts the US will send in their own peacekeepers, but there are professional military in some African countries who could do this, and of course, mercenaries have a long history of training locals (see what the Russian merc group is doing in Sudan, and now in other Northern African countries who threw out the French peacekeepers).

The American people will not put up with US military there: But hey if they can cause peace, set up businesses, take a cut in the profits, and make everyone rich and happy, it could work.... if the locals could forgive each other for past atrocities. (don't think this is an African thing: Think Ireland).