why do these countries blame colonialism on all their problems yet cry for help from the west to sort out problems they cause we should stay out of it and let the african neighbours sort it out

do try to try to fight for peace they are often called rebels or dissidents. UN forces in africa are made up mainly of africans now & should be helping maintain peace there thats true.
We live in a multicultural world where by far the majority want universal democracy, peace,justoce,freedom,good work& a cooperative economy not rigt wing old new corporate or right wing BS orders.

I'm not part of this "we" myself. In fact the "we" in question is just a few thousand people in each of the western states which ARE, and have been for years, up to their necks in this part of the world. As the post says, the resources being exploited there are enormous. It's not just diamonds covered in blood, it's your mobile phone (coltan), and that blood is mostly from this area.

Anyway, this "we" largely decided the boundaries of these states in their own interests, shoving peoples and tribes into states where they didn't want to be here, and splitting others in two there.

Your post is like advising burglars who've stolen the valuables from a house, smashed it up, and beaten and killed the occupants "not to get involved". Sorry, they ARE involved!

That doesn't mean your "we" necessarily has anything to contribute to solving the mess they've caused, except giving back as much of the loot as possible.

its an x belgian colony let them sort it out

why are we still here discussing this like rational adults and having a proper discussion?

lets get out there and pie people

oh and moderator please delete any messages that dissagree with our point of view we dont want free speech now do we!!!!!

That's right. As agreed and carved up by all the western powers at the Berlin conference. !884 was it? 1885?

The point is EVERYONE who benefits from the wealth extracted from this area, and especially everyone who uses a mobile phone with its tiny, but crucial, bit of coltan, is already IN this morass of blood, whether we like it or not. We can whistle and pretend to look the other way, but saying "don't get involved" is a futile attempt to deny the undeniable.

Splitting up the "wes" by saying "not us, it's the Belgians" is just silly.

I don't have a mobile phone partly because of the bloody coltan wars, of which this is a continuation, but I'm not holier than thou, honest.