Re:Ebola outbreak in DR Congo rages, with 61% death rate and...
by throw_m239339 on Saturday September 27, 2025 @11:41AM
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> No but keeping Ebola from becoming a world wide problem is in the US interests and USAID was a very cheap way to advance that goal. We funded USAID out of decency (and to gain a reputation for decency, which is worth a lot of money) sure, but also to protect ourselves.
Foreign aid also sustains armed conflict in DRC, because international health groups have to bribe military groups for security... perpetuating the civil war, a fallout of the Tusti Genocide in Rwanda.
The situation is bad... 6 million people died since 1996... the majority from indirect consequences of the conflict... (thus disease, famine and co), and to access these victims and help them, international organisations have to pay off the very military groups that wage that civil war, thus sustaining them...
Foreign aid also sustains armed conflict in DRC, because international health groups have to bribe military groups for security... perpetuating the civil war, a fallout of the Tusti Genocide in Rwanda.
The situation is bad... 6 million people died since 1996... the majority from indirect consequences of the conflict... (thus disease, famine and co), and to access these victims and help them, international organisations have to pay off the very military groups that wage that civil war, thus sustaining them...