https://freerepublic.com/tag/tombtroll/ en-us Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:32:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1049804/posts JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – As the new year begins, Africa - so often besieged by wars - is seeing a period of growing peace. For the first time in five years, no major wars are roiling the continent, even if low-level conflicts still smolder. A deal to end Sudan's civil war - Africa's longest - could be struck this month. And peace processes are pushing ahead in Liberia, Burundi, Ivory Coast, and Congo.Perhaps it's just a lull between storms. Yet observers see fundamental shifts that may create an era of relative calm for Africa's 800 million people. The biggest new... The Christian Science Monitor https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1049804/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:32:33 GMT