African Nationalists / Role

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...western world as ethnic conflict. In 1997, Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) read aloud the problems affecting the troubled continent. "For while Africa seems to be creeping out of the `dark ages' on several fronts, the economy included, the OAU is having to grapple with the atavistic resurgence of ethnic rivalry. . ." (Mahende PG). Internal and external policies both contribute to Africa's problems, all of which serve to slow the progress of African nationalists trying to heal their country. One of the biggest problems is that the African refugee population "stands at six million in a population of about 500 million while 20 million (or about four percent of the population) are displaced persons" (Mahende PG). Conflicts include: a conflict in Zaire started by popular insurrection and backed by neighboring countries after an attempt to expel Tutsis; Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda are at war with Sudan because of Muslim religious...

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