Wilkinson, Ray,

Africa on the Edge. Ray Wilkinson. - Refugees, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 72, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Africa on the Edge, Vol. 2 No. 131, 2003; pp. 12-27.

"Deep in the heart of the Congo basin, some three million people, perhaps many more, perished during an ongoing war described as the deadliest documented conflict in Africa's history. And even as American marines mopped up last pockets of resistance in Baghdad in the full glare of thousands of television cameras, hundreds of people were being slaughtered almost unnoticed in the latest atrocity in one remote corner of the Congo region." (REFUGEES) This article describes the violent conflicts in West Africa which "seem almost incomprehensible" in today's world of "short wars, 'controlled' numbers of casualties and sanitized images."

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees


Civil war--Africa
Humanitarian assistance--Africa
Refugees--African


Africa--Economic conditions
Africa--Social conditions
Burundi--History--Civil War (1993- )
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War (1996- )
Liberia--History--Civil War, 1989-

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