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LanternWaste

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3. Difficult for an underfunded and finite organization to be everywhere...

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 03:18 PM

Dec 2013

"And where is the African Union, except off holding some conference?"

Difficult for an underfunded and finite organization to be everywhere when they are yet combating malaria and the AIDS/HIV epidemic; confronting eight other regimes and mediating in the many civil wars; economic issues such as improving the standard of living of millions of impoverished, uneducated Africans; ecological issues such as dealing with recurring famines, desertification, and lack of ecological sustainability; as well as the legal issues regarding Western Sahara.

But yeah... what do they know? What do they do? Nothing and nothing...

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Many flee in fear to C. African Republic airport [View all] uppityperson Dec 2013 OP

Where do you even start bigworld Dec 2013 #1

Difficult for an underfunded and finite organization to be everywhere... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #3

You're right of course - they have a lot on their plate bigworld Dec 2013 #6

The African Union is going to send in troops, as well as France muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #8

Well let's hear it for Captain Wilson. malthaussen Dec 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Dec 2013 #2

Do they have oil? KamaAina Dec 2013 #4

Thanks for posting this, uppityperson. Looks like the force will be 3/4 African, 1/4 French. pampango Dec 2013 #5

Report: Central African death toll up to 280 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #7

big sigh uppityperson Dec 2013 #9

Killin' for my Sky Daddy! FrodosPet Dec 2013 #13

Huge African troop surge to tackle CAR fighting muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #11

To get an idea of the problems in CAR, here's a movie I'd recommend Kaleva Dec 2013 #12

There's an interesting snippet here muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #14

French soldiers killed in Central African Republic muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #15