http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=295 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:39:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-9451 Ory Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:12:43 +0000 http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=578#comment-9451 Thanks for your report. I just wanted to tell you about the Ushahidi DRC page that just went live today http://drc.ushahidi.com - I’d encourage you and your network to submit reports there as well…we are also hoping to help chronicle where help is desperately needed. We think it’s so important to get more local perspectives out there. Thanks for your report. I just wanted to tell you about the Ushahidi DRC page that just went live today http://drc.ushahidi.com – I’d encourage you and your network to submit reports there as well…we are also hoping to help chronicle where help is desperately needed. We think it’s so important to get more local perspectives out there.

]]> http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-9450 Global Voices in Italiano » Repubblica Democratica del Congo: a Goma regna il caos Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:57:29 +0000 http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=578#comment-9450 [...] Sul blog Extra-Extra Fred R. interviene a illustrare [in] anche le ragioni di tanta frustrazione: …. il compito [di portare la pace e la sicurezza mettendo fine alla piaga dei combattimenti fra gruppi armati esterni e milizia locale] è ricaduto su un contingente ONU troppo cauto e oberato, e su un esercito nazionale inetto e corrotto, composto da ex combattenti delle fazioni armate. Era chiaro come in un Paese enorme, diviso in una miriade di territori inaccessibili, la risoluzione di problemi quali la corruzione, la cattiva amministrazione, le rivalità inter-etniche e le lotte di potere, non fosse un compito facile. Ma il periodo immediatamente successivo alle elezioni apriva uno spiraglio al neonato governo per unificare realmente il Paese intorno a una chiara visione del futuro e (grazie al sostegno dell'ONU) al deciso sostegno allo stato di diritto. Occasione sprecata [...] [...] Sul blog Extra-Extra Fred R. interviene a illustrare [in] anche le ragioni di tanta frustrazione: …. il compito [di portare la pace e la sicurezza mettendo fine alla piaga dei combattimenti fra gruppi armati esterni e milizia locale] è ricaduto su un contingente ONU troppo cauto e oberato, e su un esercito nazionale inetto e corrotto, composto da ex combattenti delle fazioni armate. Era chiaro come in un Paese enorme, diviso in una miriade di territori inaccessibili, la risoluzione di problemi quali la corruzione, la cattiva amministrazione, le rivalità inter-etniche e le lotte di potere, non fosse un compito facile. Ma il periodo immediatamente successivo alle elezioni apriva uno spiraglio al neonato governo per unificare realmente il Paese intorno a una chiara visione del futuro e (grazie al sostegno dell'ONU) al deciso sostegno allo stato di diritto. Occasione sprecata [...]

]]> http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-9449 Global Voices in Swahili » Kongo: Utata Watawala Goma Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:08:15 +0000 http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=578#comment-9449 [...] Fred R. akiandika katika Extra-Extra anaelezea mazingira ya nyuma ili kuweza kufahamu kwa nini umma umeghafirika: … jukumu [la kuleta amani na usalama kwa kumaliza janga la majeshi ya kigeni na wanamgambo wa ndani] liliwaangukia majeshi yaliyojaa tahadhari, na yaliyoelemewa kikazi kupindukia ya Umoja wa mataifa pamoja na jeshi la Taifa lililojaa rushwa na uzembe ambalo liliundwa na mjeshi pinzani yaliyokuwa yakipigana huko nyuma. Ndani ya nchi hii kubwa iliyogawanyika katika vitongoji visivyo rahisi kuvifikia, haingekuwa jambo rahisi kutatua matatizo yote ya rushwa, uzembe, ushindani wa kikabila pamoja na ushindani wa kutaka ukubwa. Lakini kipindi kilichofuata baada ya uchaguzi mkuu kilitoa mwanya wa fursa kwa serikali mpya kuunganisha nchi kwa visheni au malengo makuu yaliyo wazi (kwa msaada wa Umoja wa Mataifa) vikiungwa mkono na mkondo wa sheria. Walipoteza mwanya huo. [...] [...] Fred R. akiandika katika Extra-Extra anaelezea mazingira ya nyuma ili kuweza kufahamu kwa nini umma umeghafirika: … jukumu [la kuleta amani na usalama kwa kumaliza janga la majeshi ya kigeni na wanamgambo wa ndani] liliwaangukia majeshi yaliyojaa tahadhari, na yaliyoelemewa kikazi kupindukia ya Umoja wa mataifa pamoja na jeshi la Taifa lililojaa rushwa na uzembe ambalo liliundwa na mjeshi pinzani yaliyokuwa yakipigana huko nyuma. Ndani ya nchi hii kubwa iliyogawanyika katika vitongoji visivyo rahisi kuvifikia, haingekuwa jambo rahisi kutatua matatizo yote ya rushwa, uzembe, ushindani wa kikabila pamoja na ushindani wa kutaka ukubwa. Lakini kipindi kilichofuata baada ya uchaguzi mkuu kilitoa mwanya wa fursa kwa serikali mpya kuunganisha nchi kwa visheni au malengo makuu yaliyo wazi (kwa msaada wa Umoja wa Mataifa) vikiungwa mkono na mkondo wa sheria. Walipoteza mwanya huo. [...]

]]> http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-9448 Global Voices Online » DR of Congo: Confusion Reigns in Goma Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:09:40 +0000 http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra-extra/?p=578#comment-9448 [...] Fred R. at Extra-Extra gives some background for the population's frustration: … the task [of bringing peace and security by ending the plague of foreign armed groups and local militias] fell to cautious, over-stretched UN forces and a corrupt, inept national army barely that was composed of former warring factions. With the huge country split into myriad, inaccessible local enclaves, it was never going to be easy to resolve all the problems of corruption, mismanagement, inter-ethnic rivalries and power struggles. But the immediate post-election period offered a real window of opportunity for the new government to unite the country behind a clear vision and (with UN support) determined backing for the rule of law. They blew it. [...] [...] Fred R. at Extra-Extra gives some background for the population's frustration: … the task [of bringing peace and security by ending the plague of foreign armed groups and local militias] fell to cautious, over-stretched UN forces and a corrupt, inept national army barely that was composed of former warring factions. With the huge country split into myriad, inaccessible local enclaves, it was never going to be easy to resolve all the problems of corruption, mismanagement, inter-ethnic rivalries and power struggles. But the immediate post-election period offered a real window of opportunity for the new government to unite the country behind a clear vision and (with UN support) determined backing for the rule of law. They blew it. [...]

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