Rwanda and more

There are over a million people living in two refugee camps in Africa. The problems in African rarely get the news coverage that problems elsewhere in the world receive. It is not farfetched to assume that there is a racial component to this type of coverage. Recall in the 1990’s almost a million were massacred in Rwanda and most were chopped to death with machetes. The UN observers stood by and watched as many recalled the words of the holocaust demanding that this never happen again. The genocide had a lasting and profound impact on Rwanda and its neighboring countries. The pervasive use of war rape caused a spike in HIV infection, including babies born of rape to newly infected mothers; many households were headed by orphaned children or widows DADAAB, Kenya — The Kenyan government is threatening to dismantle the world’s largest refugee camp, setting off a panic among the nearly 350,000 people who live here and the international aid organizations that care for them. Ethiopia has overtaken Kenya to become Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country after hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese arrived in the country this year. The total refugee population has reached almost 630,000, raising concerns that its capacity to help displaced people may be overstretched. News from today. Massive new displacements caused by conflict, violence and human rights abuses are likely to continue to affect many countries on the continent in 2015. The projected numbers of people of concern in Africa in 2015 are expected to decrease slightly (from 15.1 million in 2014 to 14.9 million), due to repatriation, resettlement and other durable solutions. Where is the outrage!