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Global Violence In Africa

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As I watch the news there is almost always a daily occurrence of some form of violence in the world. There is always someone affected by this violence. The people affected are sometimes family, friends, neighbors, people passing by but there is always someone affected. In the case of the violence in Africa shown by the two texts “Armed and Under Siege” by Jeffrey Gettleman and “The Charge: Genocide” by Lydia Polgreen it has caused the whole world problems. Two reasons that this is true is that it has caused international tension and global organizations have tried to combat the violence. Although people may still argue that the violence in Africa has not caused the world problems and only caused Africa problems. Nevertheless the violence in …show more content…

A quote to support this is from Gettleman’s text states, “The use of child soldiers is "widespread and very persistent," says Lucia Withers of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers”. The quote in essence is showing someone from a world organization getting involved. This is a world organization that is trying to stop what is happening and this is a world problem because an organization supported by many countries is getting involved. This would show the violence in Africa is causing the whole world problems because of world organizations getting involved. A second quote to support that is from Polgreen’s text when it states, “Even 11,500 U.N. and African Union peacekeepers have been unable to stop the violence”. This quote is showing that even an organization of the entire world can’t stop the violence. The U.N. is the United Nations and if they can’t contain and stop the violence This shows the violence is a world problem because the world can’t control it. The violence in Africa is causing the whole world problems. The final piece of evidence is from the text written by Polgreen which states, “The I.C.C. prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina, charges that Bashir has "masterminded and implemented" a plan to destroy the people of Darfur”. Accordingly this quote is showing that an international organization is trying to persecute the instigator …show more content…

This is because of the fact that it has caused international tension and global organizations have tried to combat the violence. The people affected by this want this to stop. There should be a day where there is absolutely no violence will be included however that day may never come. Consequently people are always affected by violence and in this case it affects the entire world. If we don’t stop the violence these will just become more common and more people will be

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