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:: Africa: The New Frontier of Terror
In the fever of covering the fall of Baghdad, the on-going war in the DR Congo continues as a footnote on the 24/7 news crawlers. "Crawlers" are the "ticker tape" of blurbs that "crawls" along the bottom of the screen while the talking head repeats the same "story du jour" ad nauseum. With hundreds of reports scattered globally, why is what is "reported" limited to one event, with all others getting relegated to the "around the world in 80 seconds" segment?

According to a report by the World Bank, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan Africa yielded the highest returns in the world in 2002.link

Not to neglect those opposed to profiteering on the backs of adverstiy: there is ample work for human shields in the DR Congo

"3.3 million people ha[ve] died as a result of the war, making it the "tragedy of modern times'." link