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Laurent Gbabo was chosen as president in functions until the elections, but he did a bad The situation of the country was abso- thing: he rigged the elections by lutely enviable amidst the second part disqualifying 14 out of his 19 of the twentieth century. After gaining opponents and thus, blatantly, independence from France, President he won. But the people knew what had happened and they Felix Huphouet-Boigny ruled the country. There was no corruption, the were not going to let the new economy was outstanding and every- President get away with it. Therefore, they started another thing went well during that period. protest but it was not going to But then in 1990s, when Presidents be that easy, because the people started to be chosen democratically, from the south supported the the first governors started to be accused of acting on behalf of the south- fake President, and they started ern, catholic part of the country rather to fight. than the northern part, which was The war lasted for less than a populated by Muslims. Can you imag- year, the French troops created ine your teachers discriminating some sort of a buffer zone, but against you or your partners because what were the French troops of your religion? That is exactly what doing in there? Nobody knew they did. and then both parts started acAs a result of that, a military, totalitar- cusing France of being an ally ian government was established by some soldiers who wanted to change
of the others, and attacked the buffer zone. France got angry, because it had only gone there to help them to finish the war, and in consequence asked the United Nations to impose an embargo on the Ivory Coasts diamond exportations, which the UN did, and then forced both parts to sign a peace treaty. You might think that everything went well after that, but it didnt: they had lots of problems and it took seven years for them to be able to hold new lections, and they had another Civil War after that, which was won by the Muslims and their candidate, Alasanne Ouattara. As a conclusion, that is why you are not able to visit the Ivory Coast, but you can choose another country (without wars, if possible) and let your imagination fly.
Sudan is preparing for another Civil War Although many of you may have heard about the current riots in Sudan, you probably do not know the story behind them.
Sudan is a country with a high cultural diversity. For instance, it has eight principal languages, such as Arabic - with 20 million speakers in Sudan -, Beja or Ibessana. In addition, we find a country divided into a Muslim area in the North and a Southern area with many tribal groups such as the Jo Luo, Baggar or Nubian. When Great Britain colonised Sudan, it established a government in the Northern part, controlled by the Egyptians. Here starts the conflict. South Sudan wanted to gain more power and political representation, so riots started and the insurgents became more violent.
The first Sudanese Civil War - I bet you did not know It had more than one started with a first stage of guerrilla warfare where the Southern rebels attacked the government in the North. Then a rebel chief joined all of them together so they could have an organised army. This war lasted from 1955 until 1972, and the rebel chief was called Anyanya. But why did the war continue? In 1983 Gafar Nimeiry declared his intention as president of Sudan to create an Islamic state and to take the oil from
Sudanese civilians did not want another war and new elections were held; after some negotiations and government coalitions - with the new UMA party at the front-, the NIF, an extremist Islamic party got the power and killed more than 2 million civilians and rebels from the Southern part. Afterwards, the SPLA surrendered, and on the 9th of January 2005 they signed a peace treaty. Nevertheless, South Sudan remains bloodthirsty and currently they are recruiting a new army. The main problem Is that after nearly 50 years of civil war, 2 million people dead and 4 million refugees the Sudanese population does not want another war, as while the soldiers are killing each other, their people are struggling with famine, diseases and poverty. Should we let this ridiculous war take place? I believe that we must join our voices and make people aware of this terrible situation, Peace for Sudan!
A few days after the beginning of the governments repression of the street protests in Damascus and Daraa on the 25th March 2012, the first lady of Syrias text messages are revealed to the population of the world. Not only did she joke in a light hearted way -while the situation in her country was bursting at the seams-, but our tasteful Asma also rejoices at the opening of a new art gallery in London close to her apartment. The new paintings costing between 5.000 and 35.000 pounds- are very popular in the artistic world, so she bought ten of them to be sure of not missing this by the time she goes to the metropolis probably considering her people didnt had a special economical need in that moment though. Her people. These people we watch on TV, their deaths following one another. These people fighting in Free Syrian Army, trying to break free of the hold of a dictatorial government, leaded by a small elite which members come from a powerful sect: the alawites. A religious minority characterized by its beliefs, which are. lets say interesting... For example, they believe in the lack of spirit in women, and on that the Milky Way is made out of spirits of dead alawites.
However, the alawite presidents wife does worry about her country: lately, she made a publicity stunt for her land by representing it in an international badminton event: she arrived at the place with her shiny smile and a lovely T-shirt with the words Syria, land of heaven. Meanwhile, 30 thousands of people have died Died in a guerrilla rebel attack fighting for a freedom that their country has lost 600 years ago, died for being a dissident of Al-Assads regime by saying out loud the governments embers are involved in a sect, or died in their houses just for the guilt of being in the wrong place at the wrong moment Syria, a land of glory before, now a place of injustice. We dont want to live a nightmare like this. No one wants to. They dont want to. Shall we keep watching these clowns playing to the gallery or listen to our moral and ethical values? We are all responsible for our acts as much as they are.