Ushicilelo lwamva nje lweLancet, ijenali yezonyango eyaziwayo yaseBritani, iqulethe ingxelo eyothusayo yokusweleka kwabantu eDemocratic Republic of Congo. Phakathi kuka-Epreli noJulayi 2004, iqela labaphandi bezizwe ngezizwe lenze uphando olupheleleyo lwemizi engama-19,500 kumaqela akhethwe ngokungacwangciswanga, ishiya malunga ne-10% yelizwe apho ubundlobongela bebubukhulu kakhulu.
Bagqiba kwelokuba ukusweleka okugqithisileyo eCongo, ilizwe labantu abazizigidi ezingama-64, ngama-38,000 ngenyanga - oku kugqithiswa kulinganiswe ngokubhekisele kwisiseko se-Afrika esezantsi kweSahara esele iphezulu ngokumangalisayo izinga lokufa kwabantu nge-1.5 kwi-1000 ngenyanga. Oku kunciphisa izohlwayo e-Iraq, apho inani lokufa okugqithisileyo laliyi-5-10,000 ngenyanga kwaye yabalwa ngokubhekiselele kwisiseko sokufa okuphantsi kakhulu.
Ukususela ekubhukuqweni kolawulo lukaMobutu ngowe-1997, iCongo iye yathwaxwa lugonyamelo. Ukususela ngowe-1998, yaba yindawo maxa wambi ebizwa ngokuba yiMfazwe Yehlabathi Yokuqala yaseAfrika, imfazwe yamakhaya eyabandakanya amazwe asibhozoโiRwanda, iBurundi, iUganda, iAngola, iNamibia, iChad, iSudan, neLibyaโkunye nentaphane yabemi bomthonyama abaxhobileyo. amaqela. Loo mfazwe yaphela ngokusemthethweni ngowama-2002, yaye kuqikelelwa ukuba kwafa abantu abazizigidi ezisisi-3.3.
Nangona ubundlobongela obuqhubekayo bukwinqanaba elisezantsi kakhulu kunangaphambili, isengunobangela wokufa okugqithisileyo. Ukufa okugqithisileyo kumaphondo asempuma, apho ubundlobongela babugxininise kwaye buqhubeka khona, malunga nokuphindaphinda kathathu kwintshona. Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha saba bafayo ngenxa yokungondleki, isifo seengcongconi, isifo sorhudo, kunye nosulelo lokuphefumla lula.
Kubantu abangama-450,000 ababhubhileyo ngokugqithisileyo ngonyaka, oku kwenza enye yezona ngxaki zinzima zobuntu kwihlabathi. Ngelishwa, ayifumani ngqalelo-ngokungafaniyo neyona nto ibalulekileyo "yemfazwe yeKrisimesi," eyafumana iindawo ezingama-58 kwiFox News kwisithuba seveki enye.
Inxalenye yesizathu sokuba abaphembeleli bangathethi ngeCongo kukuba akukho zicombululo zilula ezinokunikelwa. Ngezohlwayo e-Iraq, i-remedy yayilula kakhulu - susa izohlwayo kwaye uvumele i-Iraqis ukuba isebenzise ingeniso yeoli ukuze iphinde yakhe ilizwe - kodwa apha kunzima ukwazi ukuba uthini.
INtshona ixhamle kuphango olwenziwa yiUganda neRwanda kwimpuma yeCongo. Ukumbiwa kwe-coltan, i-ore ebonelela nge-tantalum, eyona nto iphambili kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-"pinhead capacitors" esetyenziswa kwiiselfowuni, yayingumthombo omkhulu wengeniso kuloo mikhosi kunye nesizathu esikhulu sokuqhubeka nokusebenza kwabo - kunjalo, bafumana. iipeni ngedola nganye eyenziwe ngabenzi beefowuni.
I-Human Rights Watch iye yabhala yaza yalugxeka unxibelelwano phakathi kwembumba yemigodi yamazwe ngamazwe i-Anglo American kunye ne-Nationalist and Integrationist Front ekhohlakeleyo, iqela elixhobileyo elilawula umbindi wegolide kwisithili sase-Ituri.
INtshona, ngokuqinisekileyo, ikwanoxanduva lwembali ekhohlakeleyo yaseCongo eyakhokelela koku. IBelgium iguqule ilizwe lonke libe bubukhoboka obukhulu kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwabasebenzi, babulala abantu abaqikelelwa kwi-10 yezigidi kule nkqubo. Emva kwenkululeko, iBelgium neUnited States zasebenzisana ekubulaweni kukaPatrice Lumumba, inkokeli eyayinika ithemba lokwenene kubantu baseCongo, kwaza endaweni yakhe kwangena uMobutu onobuzwilakhe nokhohlakeleyo.
Emva kokwenza okuninzi ekudaleni iingxaki zaseCongo, iNtshona ayinamdla wokuzama ukuzilungisa. Akukho zinyanzelo zama impiriyali zokulawula ilizwe; kutheni kufanele kubekho xa ubuncwane buhamba ngokukhululekileyo ngaphandle kokufuna nayiphi na ingxaki kwicala laseNtshona? Umbutho wokugcina uxolo we-UN usanda kwandiswa ukuya kwi-16,700, okanye umntu omnye kwi-60 square miles, kodwa kwi-2004 i-UN yakwazi ukunyusa isiqingatha semali eyabelwe yona. Akukho mntu ufuna ukulawula apho ngaphezu kokuba babeseLiberia okanye eDarfur.
Abasekhohlo baye bathula kakhulu ukuzama ukuphendula imibuzo enjalo, ngenxa yoloyiko lokuba nasiphi na isimemezo sokungenelela koluntu siya kuphumeza iinjongo zama impiriyali. Oku kuthinjwa akuthandabuzeki nje kuphela ngokuziphatha, akunangqiqo ngokweqhinga; ngokwenene, ukungabikho kwendlela enengqiqo yokujongana neengxaki ezinjalo kunceda ukondla uhlobo lwama-imperialism wamalungelo oluntu ukuba ukhohlo (ngokufanelekileyo) uloyiko.
Uluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe kufuneka luqulunqe indlela yokujongana neengxaki ezinjalo, kwaye inxele kufuneka libandakanyeke kulo yilo. Nayiphi na indlela enjalo kufuneka ithobele imigaqo-mbini yokunganyusi impembelelo yaseNtshona kwaye ibambe iNtshona ubuncinane ngokwemali ukuba ayiphenduli ngokokuziphatha ngento eyenzileyo. Kulula ukuthetha kunokukwenza, kodwa okwangoku akukho mntu uyithethayo.
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