Africa Snapshot

The world missed a chance to act in Rwanda, we haven't done enough to stop the carnage in the Sudan, and many of us have forgotten the Tsunami while Congress is caught up in the Terry Schaivo case. What we've heard nothing about is the situation in the Congo, where political instability and military conflict is costing 30,000 lives a month. And while we talk about "democracy flowering," in the middle east, there is little attention paid to the elctions in Zimbabwe, where voters are afraid to vote for the opposition party for fear of repraisals from Mugabe's incumbant government. Despite these fears, turn-out was reported to be high. Just thought you'd like to know about some of the things going on on "the mother continent."