Europes 19th century scramble for africa. Britain, germany planted their flags on vast pieces of the continue nexts. France grabbed a big chunk north of the belgium claim in the congress open. France forced the people who have been living their all along to pay the price of paris colonial adventures they handed it over to the germans and took it back again after the first world war. Overtime the people of the colony fought back and tried to kick the french out. But cotton, identity tea, gold, coffee won the argument. Its been more than 50 years since france left. But the governments of the Central African republic did little better than the french did in the previous 80 years. Of the four and a half Million People, in a country a little smaller than texas, there is poverty, illness, division, and now great danger. Families are fleeing the Central African republic by the 10s of thousands. As fighting between rival rebel groups, intensities. Translator there is nothing, nothing here for
During europes 19th century scramble for africa. Britain, germany planted their flags on vast pieces of the continue nexts. France grabbed a big chunk north of the belgium claim in the congress open. France forced the people who have been living their all along to pay the price of paris colonial adventures they handed it over to the germans and took it back again after the first world war. Overtime the people of the colony fought back and tried to kick the french out. But cotton, identity tea, gold, coffee won the argument. Its been more than 50 years since france left. But the governments of the Central African republic did little better than the french did in the previous 80 years. Of the four and a half Million People, in a country a little smaller than texas, there is poverty, illness, division, and now great danger. Families are fleeing the Central African republic by the 10s of thousands. As fighting between rival rebel groups, intensities. Translator there is nothing, nothing he
Europes 19th century scramble for africa. Britain, germany planted their flags on vast pieces of the continue nexts. France grabbed a big chunk north of the belgium claim in the congress open. France forced the people who have been living their all along to pay the price of paris colonial adventures they handed it over to the germans and took it back again after the first world war. Overtime the people of the colony fought back and tried to kick the french out. But cotton, identity tea, gold, coffee won the argument. Its been more than 50 years since france left. But the governments of the Central African republic did little better than the french did in the previous 80 years. Of the four and a half Million People, in a country a little smaller than texas, there is poverty, illness, division, and now great danger. Families are fleeing the Central African republic by the 10s of thousands. As fighting between rival rebel groups, intensities. Translator there is nothing, nothing here for
They went back to their homes they could be hurt in the crossfire, in the violence. In all my meetings, security was the number one topic of concern from cabinet ministers, to u. N. Leaders, to refugees, they all spoke of the need to restore a sense of law and order in the country. This is the number one message or one to bring to you today. Is that they were concerned about the violence. When i asked for fiji is why they had fled they all mentioned fear of attack and concern for their families whenn i asked refugees why they had fled. I cannot reiterate strongly enough the importance of u. S. Government support to the African Union stabilization in c. A. R. Of security is essential to creating conditions that will one day permit these one million uprooted people to return home. Meanwhile, the u. S. Government is committed to working with the International Community to provide assistance inside c. A. R. And in neighboring countries and structure are aid programs to enhance efforts to p
The work that was done during that tsunami in 2004 by crs. It is great to know that you were there making sure that happen because otherwise it would have been far worse than it actually was. I would like introduce ms. Madeleine rose is an advocacy advisor for mercycorps an aid agency. She leads mercycorps portfolios on subsaharan youth programs, counterterrorism, and humanitarian access, countering violent extremism and atrocity prevention. She has also worked for the committee on National Legislation in congress at the United Nations and with Community Based organizations in south africa and for netapp. We will then hear from mr. Caspar i hope i am pronouncing that correctly. Who is the ugandabased field researcher for the enough project. We had John Pendergrass here many times. His work focuses on the Lords Resistance Army and includes on the Ground Research and remote areas of uganda, south sudan, and the Central African republic that have been most affected by the lra crisis. His