AFRICAN CAUCUS - GUSTAVO AMORIM AND PEDRO TEIXEIRA

Welcome delegates!!!
Africa is a continent that encloses various types of issues. There are diseases, wars, corruption, civil wars, piracy, etc. Some of the topics to be discussed in the 2009 African caucus are: The Darfur Crisis, Water Wars, Refugees, political Situation in Zimbabwe, Aids, and the civil war in DRC. Gustavo Amorim together with Pedro Teixeira are hoping to conduct serious debates in which each delegation will expose their ideas to provide the best for their respectable countries. We wish good luck to all.
Enjoy!!!

Sudan:
- Arab militia and pro-government militia accused of ethnic cleasing against non-Arabs.
- Darfur conflict
- President Omar al-Bashir accused by the International Criminal Court of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity
- Refugees

Angola:
- Connection between civil war and uncontrolled diamond trade
- Unita leaders
- Rebuild infrastructure
- Disarm large amount of civilians
- Resettling refugees who escaped from the fighting

Zimbabwe:
- Seizure of white-owned commercial farms
- Land reform program
- Collapse of agricultural economy
- Very, very high inflation
- Food and Fuel shortages
- Slum demolition in 2005
- Robert Mugabe considered Dictator
- Power sharing deal

Somalia:
- fighting between warlords
- Famine and diseases
- No effective central government
- Piracy

Burkina Faso:
- Smuggling of diamonds by rebels in Sierra Leone
- Backing rebels in Ivory Coast

DR Congo:
- Recover from 5-year war
- Civil War
- Hutu militia in east DRC.
- Hosts the largest peacekeeping mission
- Militia violence in Eastern DRC

Libya:
- Undeveloped oil and gas reserves
- Participated in attacks against Europe

Sierra Leone:
- Civil War
- Poverty and Unemployment
- blood diamonds

South Africa:
- Violent attacks against immigrants
- Land Redistribution
- HIV/AIDS

Nigeria:
- Communal Rivalry
- Separatist aspirations
- Islamic laws caused Christains to migrate
- Stolen oil; violence and corruption in Niger Delta

Rwanda:
- Genocide
- Poverty

Ethiopia:
- Drought and Famine
- Poverty
- Troops helped oust Islmatist in Somalia
- Border tensions

Kenya:
- Presidential elections caused widespread unrest
- Violent political crisis
- Corruption
- Power-sharing deal

Chad:
- Internal conflict
- Arab Muslim vs. Christian and animist
- Armed rebellion by Sudanese groups
- Refugees from Sudan and Central African Republic
- Backing rebels

Algeria:
- Civil War
- Military vs. Islamists
- Rebel activities in 2006
- Tension between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara