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2017-04-05 Africa Subsaharan

'They're bastids': Dutch Minister calls out South Sudan leaders over famine

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-04-05 08:08|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 The people of South Sudan have been abandoned by their leaders, left in the lurch, and they need help desperately"

The establishment of South Sudan was celebrated because it would different from Sudan itself.

Posted by Pappy 2017-04-05 08:28|| 2017-04-05 08:28|| Front Page Top

#2 The establishment of South Sudan was celebrated because it would different from Sudan itself. Posted by Pappy

Die probleem is nie geographie nie. Die probleem is geneties. (Not a problem of geography, but rather genetics)

Posted by Besoeker 2017-04-05 08:43|| 2017-04-05 08:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe some day after the Marxists are thrown out of our institutions, there will be a reevaluation of the benefits of colonialism.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-04-05 09:25|| 2017-04-05 09:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Overall, or just before they left?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-05 11:14|| 2017-04-05 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Die probleem is nie geographie nie. Die probleem is geneties.

The International Community is deliberately ignorant when it comes to genetics.

Posted by Pappy 2017-04-05 11:14|| 2017-04-05 11:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Of course Juba has summoned the Dutch ambassador demanding an apology.

The Dutch ambassador, who for some reason, showed up eating a sandwich.

Posted by SteveS 2017-04-05 12:01|| 2017-04-05 12:01|| Front Page Top

#7 I've given some weight to the argument that "relief efforts" in most circumstances allow those who are in power to remain inefficient and/or corrupt.

Posted by Crusader 2017-04-05 12:44|| 2017-04-05 12:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Having read Martin Stanton's book Somalia on 5$ A Day(2001) on his tour there he noted that:
The foreign humanitarian efforts carpet-bombing the local economy randomly with foodstuffs had the long-term effect of destroying any incentive for local agriculture ... other than quat.

Posted by magpie 2017-04-05 13:32|| 2017-04-05 13:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Like most African countries, S Sudan is a line on a map drawn around a hodgepodge of tribes and religions.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-05 20:34|| 2017-04-05 20:34|| Front Page Top

#10 South is the Christian/animist part of old Sudan.

Therefore, a safe target.

Not that they don't deserve the criticism, but let's not kid ourselves about why it's happening.

Posted by charger 2017-04-05 22:04|| 2017-04-05 22:04|| Front Page Top

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