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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Blog l Five lives in Mugunga

In the I block the wind Mugunga but you have not fly kites. The Patrick, at least not get seen in the gray sky. Probably not rise ever. Because of a congenital malformation of four years this child has no limbs, hands and feet missing. not play with the others. Only cries. "He's losing mobility and increasingly looks less" says his mother. The tent in which he lives, the 48, not very different from the 65's in each of the 90 blocks Mugunga. It looks like a maze. It is the largest refugee camp around Congo. In this black stone weir malviven around 60,000 people. Rwandan or Congolese, shrapnel forced to leave their clay huts in the forest and settle in other plastic, not much safer. War after war have been adding thousands to the city of infamy. And since the Rwandan genocide of 94, which filled the region of armed groups, have been many. "From the other side of the field Congolese troops sometimes fire missiles impact between the stores," explains Leontine, one of those responsible for managing the camp and a member of the NGO Premier Urgence. We tour guide in block one. Work in this tinderbox of human misery for three years and is known by heart the history of each family.every face is a story of what war is leaving. Paul (shop 24) took the field in 1997 after a bullet traversed the leg. The last war in which he fought this former soldier of 92 years was against the troops of the dictator Mubutu. He survived the war, but it took her ten children and his wife. orphan left him two square meters of plastic and sadness. Living Dead. now barely moves because the soil is sharp lava. As the oldest of the block, all the neighbors will see the wise survivor when the going gets tough. "It's the one that gives advice about going to ask her opinion, others will see it just for the pleasure of speaking with him," says our guide. Here are mostly Hutu Rwandans, some carry in the field since 1994, and have been mixing with Congolese Hutus. As the two speak Swahili and Kinyarwanda, is difficult to ascertain their origin. - What advice would you give to your neighbors, Paul? - "I advise always having a good cohabitation. There should be no ethnic conflict. 've already lost too much and now we live with." Joseph War is repeated every day over and over again. It kicks the confines of the field in search of a crust to give their children. Their menu itself is reduced to a piece of bread. Hopefully it daily, but when there is no distribution of humanitarian aid, it has to settle for drinking water. Joseph has seven children, two of whom are disabled. In 2009 all left the village to escape the bombs. They attacked day and night. Although now that they have become the fighting between government forces and rebels of the M23 in this field not feel safe. "Here at least there are NGOs that help us eat," he says. - Do you know why this war started? Clearly understand it, because it answers the question. "We were asked if we had money and kill us. 's why I decided to run away, now here we can not sleep, no stability." A Antonia preventing sleep is fierce hunger. The greatest feast that has occurred in your life comes down to a couple of potatoes and beans. Is 45 years, five children and a bullet embedded in his soul forever. The shot tore the leg. The drugs he took when he was shot an allergic reaction caused him and his body full of big lumps. As if life had not been primed with it enough. "Sometimes I have so hungry I can not sleep," he says. The choking dust that I block neighbors from seeing comets in the sky.Outside the hut, a child tries to raise his. Fight against the wind. As Antonia, Paul, Joseph and Patrick. We teach Antonia the pictures I've done. For the first time his stare turns into a blushing smile. The first in a while.

USA review the arms ship left Cuba

United States confirmed Wednesday that proporcionará Panama assistance has been requested to inspect the North Korean ship detained in their territory, as confirmed by the State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf , in a press conference. "We received a request for assistance from the Panamanian authorities and are willing to cooperate in the best way possible, " he said. Harf said the government of the USA will also communicate with Cuba to demand explanations. Moreover, the spokeswoman said that the discovery of the North Korean vessel, whichwas carrying concealed weapons among sugar shipments came from Cubanot tarnish maintain dialogue Wednesday migratory Cuban and U.S. authorities"Dialogue on Migration has a highly structured set of issues, and we expect that this other matter is discussed at the meeting. Two separate conversations , "he said Harf on the meeting to be held in Washington. Cuba's government admitted Tuesday night that the North Korean flag ship sailed a Cuban port toward North Korea with 240 metric tons of defensive armament of the island in the "obsolete" to be "repaired and returned"UN specialists will determine if sanctions were violated UN Security Council against North Korea . "Any allegation of violations of Security Council resolutions of the UN is incredibly troubling to us," Harf said. For its part, the White House spokesman, Jay Carney , also insisted on Wednesday that, "if it is determined" that the ship carrying war materials "would violate the sanctions" the Security Council.

A Taliban Malala replicates that was shot for making 'Propaganda' pro-US

A Taliban leader has sent a letter to a media to answer the speech that the young Pakistani Malala Yousafzai did last week at the United Nations headquarters, after recovering from the serious injuries to his head and neck to be gunned down in October 2012 by a member of the Taliban in Pakistan. The insurgency, which is identified with the name of Adnan Rasheed , clarified that the letter does not state the opinion of the fundamentalist movement, but his own, but explains as to why the Taliban opened fire Malala. He says it was the reason for going to school, as initially thought, 'but by doing propaganda against the Taliban and in favor of the United States. "There were thousands of girls who went to school and university before and after the Taliban came to Swat," the Taliban leader, referring to Pakistani valley where Malala lived and was attacked in the northwest of the country. "How would you explain that you were the only one that was on your list of goals? " he adds. Malala was unveiled writing a blog for the BBC, which recounted how life was in the Swat Valley under Taliban rule, especially for girls and women.The fundamentalist movement was strong in that area, and forced the closure of schools for girls and women. From that blog, the girl made ​​his name as a defender of the rights of girls and women , even though the texts were published under pseudonyms. In the letter the Taliban leader also makes direct reference to the speech made ​​in Malala UN headquarters on 12 July. "You said a teacher, a pencil and a book can change the world. I agree, but what kind of teacher, what kind of pencil and what kind of book? " , interrogates the insurgent with insight, and presented to the young as a naive or floating with purely pro-Western mentality. In that sense, the Taliban leader leaves no stone cold and fall hard against the United Nations. "The place where you got up to speak in favor of justice and equality, is a place where all nations are equal. wicked Only five states have veto power, and the rest are powerless", highlights the Taliban reference to the UN, and in particular to the five countries of the Security Council. The letter, of more than three and a half pages , not wasted. In it, the Taliban also ensures that, despite everything, deeply regretted that Malala was injured and would have liked to warn before the attack that he was getting in over my head.