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- Author(s): Masland, Tom
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Newsweek. 7/14/2003, Vol. 142 Issue 2, p28. 4p. 5 Black and White Photographs.
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Discusses social problems in Congo, Liberia, and other African countries, including civil war and atrocities. The atrocities committed against refugees in Congo by the militia group known as the Mai-Mai; Opinion that the Democratic Republic of Congo is the world's largest failed state, although it is rich in mineral resources; Visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to the more stable African countries, rather than addressing man-made problems which cannot be solved with aid alone; Indictment of Liberian President Charles Taylor as a war criminal; Problem of genocide in Rwanda; Way that children are pressed into service as soldiers or workers by militias in Congo; Discussion of the coltan, gold, and diamond industries in Africa.
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