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Halik
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The violence in Sudan was spawned by greed on the part of its Arab elite which essentially pitted its poor Arab counterparts in the North with the native tribesmen the country’s south in a struggle for livelihood. This in turn was supported by Belgium's approval of their power which was based along lines drawn on a map in Europe which had no bearing whatsoever on ground conditions. So are the Janjaweed alone to blame
— Jul 15, 2012 11:29PM
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Halik
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...First the goats and sheep, then the children, then the women, until only the men and camels are left wandering the desert in search of a source of water. The man drinks the camel's milk until the animal's udder is cracked and dry. And there is no more milk. Until finally the man and the camel retire into a spot of shade to die. And that's how a clan comprising of hundreds of animals and humans can be eliminated.
— Jul 22, 2012 11:19PM
Halik
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In Somalia a lot of the population in the Northern areas are nomads. They circle the endless deserts in pre defined paths that help them avoid confrontations with other clans. In the frequent droughts however all this civility breaks down and the clans just go all out and don't bother about impeaching each other's resources. Violence can result. And whole clans can otherwise die of thirst.
— Jul 22, 2012 11:11PM
Halik
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The genesis of an African slum city: It builds itself on wasteland, using material procured out of thin air, and hooding itself up purely because its constituent parts lean against each other, with no cement. Just like the people. Who are as insignificant as scrap, and cannot survive in abject poverty unless they are in such close proximity to be able to lean on each other. The scale economies of the desperate.
— Jul 07, 2012 11:45AM
Halik
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The genesis of an African slum city: It builds itself on wasteland, using material procured out of thin air, and hooding itself up purely because its constituent parts lean against each other, with no cement. Just like the people. Who are as insignificant as scrap, and cannot survive in abject poverty unless they are in such close proximity to be able to lean on each other. The scale economies of the desperate.
— Jul 07, 2012 11:45AM
Halik
is on page 105 of 325
Engrossing. I feel like i'm right in there with Kapuscinski. Getting attacked by angry cobras, wheedling my way into new military regimes, and slumming it with the locals.
— Jun 29, 2012 09:35PM
Halik
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Engrossing. I feel like i'm right in there with Kapuscinski. Getting attacked by angry cobras, wheedling my way into new military regimes, and slumming it with the locals.
— Jun 29, 2012 09:35PM
