The problem is bigger than that
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Well the problem is no more the presidential election. Now legislative results are coming and frauds appear to be even bigger than for presidential elections. Legislative elections are more problematic because it is local and population is already not accepting the frauds. Several CENI employees have been arrested.
Fraudulent presidential election followed by fraudulent legislative elections... equal recepy for a disaster in the mid run.
The problem is the credibility of democracy in Africa. We had the first round of democratisation in the early sixties (after independence), it gave birth to the likes of Obote and collapsed like a pack of cards. We tried military intervention, which gave rise to monsters like Idi Amin and kleptocrats like Mobutu and Abacha. Now we are back to democracy, and we are not making much progress.
We are going to try something we haven't tried before - the re-partition of artificial colonial boundaries to reflect ethnic realities. It is inevitable and may result in the shedding of a lot of blood, but it will be the major African story this century.
A few western thinkers like Thomas Barnett have accepted that this is inevitable. However most of the rest are in denial.
Mark my words.
As always, money is where the fight should be oriented.
The conflict minerals that we use in our cellphone still finance the war in Eastern DRC. But US took the lead to fight against it!
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In order for these initiatives to have a real impact in the Eastern Congo, the governance issues must be addressed, particularly feasibility, reliability and security problems. The lack of administrative capacity in the country, the integrity of the administration and the militarisation of production sites should take priority. From an industry perspective, international coherence is required to avoid distortion of competition. European and Asian companies should be subject to the same regulations as U.S. companies.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/key-is...7C9808EC50F%7D
And Kinshasa moved to Washington:
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Congolese protesters rally in U.S. capitalProtesters rallied in Washington on Saturday to raise awareness of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo following contested elections there in November.
They said they traveled from 25 states to deliver an urgent message to U.S. President Barack Obama.
"We need President Obama to help restore the leadership the Congo needs," said George Alula, president of the Movement of the Congolese Unity. He urged the international community to recognize opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi as the election's legitimate winner.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/21/wo...S%3A+Africa%29
Well, if only the congolese national political parties could be as good as their diaspora... :(