Letter

Thanks for focusing the attention on this conflict (Pambazuka News 130: Northern Uganda's Brutal War). The author is really in touch with the issue and has a keen interest to find a solution. However, for us African activists for peace in our homeland Africa, we feel that our governments are less sympathetic to our peoples demands and listen and act upon the advise of the competing interests of foreigners. So the author is appealing to the same providers of lip services to our security to come to our salvation. Can’t you see that such conflicts are fuelled to the benefit of producers? This is made very easy by our very arrogant governors who fill the air with slogans until they come to power and appear as listeners for the same historical propagators of colonisation. I hope our newsletter will concentrate more on how these fuelled conflicts are created to provide markets for surplus food in the EU and US. This is not new for imperialism.