{"id":151293,"date":"2020-01-13T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=151293"},"modified":"2024-11-26T21:25:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T21:25:30","slug":"total-plan-of-structural-transformation-for-eradicating-conflicts-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/01\/total-plan-of-structural-transformation-for-eradicating-conflicts-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Plan of Structural Transformation for Eradicating Conflicts in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 Jan 2020 – <\/em>Japanese people are notorious for being un-creative and un-imaginable, for example, school education doesn\u2019t encourage expressing student\u2019s own idea, despite recent efforts of improvement through introducing the pedagogy of international education. However, they are allowed to open their own dream on the third day of a new year, under very special generous atmosphere; this custom is called \u201cHatsu Yume<\/em> (first dream of the year).\u201d<\/p>\n

Usually people would dream a dream on the second night of a new year, in order to forecast fortune of the year, and would talk its content to family and friends. And, \u201cYume<\/em>\u201d also means ideal future plan of a person. So, let me indicate my own idea of solution for major conflicts in African continent. Here is simply a \u201cYume<\/em>\u201d also, if you might regard this as too unrealistic or just dreamy, please be generous. However, this plan for transformation of Africa depends on my own presentation and discussion at European Peace University, including students from the continent, with learnings at \u201cAfrican Resources and Obstacles for Peace,\u201d EPU course, organized by Prof. Farai Maguwu and the students, summer, 2008.<\/p>\n

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  1. Diagnosis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    With many practical researches of a conflict in the region, Africa has these root factors of the conflicts:<\/p>\n

    -Contradiction between 54-55 states and fragmentized 300 ethnic groups beyond state borders<\/p>\n

    -Contradiction between modern politics and traditional society<\/p>\n

    -Colonization and neo-colonization by West and others<\/p>\n

    -Natural resources (oil, diamond, gold, etc.) and the difficulty of its fair distribution<\/p>\n

    -Natural environment (river, mountain, animal, plant, etc.) and the difficulty of protection<\/p>\n

    -Contradiction among: militias, fragile state governments, and weak African Union<\/p>\n

    -Contradiction between military and government of intra-state<\/p>\n

    -Serious poverty, mal-nutrition, starvation, and diseases<\/p>\n

    -Over and increasing of population<\/p>\n

    -Unsettled education for children<\/p>\n

    -Gender gaps and patriarchy<\/p>\n

    -International intervention by other stakeholders of intra-Africa<\/p>\n

    -International intervention from outside Africa, especially power states; US, France, China, etc.<\/p>\n

    The conflict cases in Africa happen in the same scenario. Typical pattern of a conflict in Africa reveals like this shape: Contradiction between ethnicity and state \u2192 Unstable sovereign-state \u2192 Militarized government \u2192 Natural resource is found \u2192 Foreign intervention by intra-Africa stakeholders \u2192 Militia coming \u2192 Civil war \u2192 Links with anti-government movement \u2192 Intervention by out-Africa powers \u2192 International conflicts \u2192 Refugees and IDP \u2192 Establishing a nation-state, but instable \u2192 Contradiction between ethnicity and state \u2192\u2026\u2026 (endless)<\/p>\n

    If a conflict seems to be improved, it would be a start of a new conflict. For example, building a state causes uprising of an ethnic group, which has been fragmentized into another state. Therefore, total transformation of the social structure is needed, in order to control this chained story.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>< Contradiction between 300+ Ethnicities and 54-55 States, by the Berlin power game 1884-85><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Prognosis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The chained pattern of conflicts would be never-ending.<\/p>\n

      <Goals: From Violence into Peace, searching the remedies in this framework><\/strong><\/p>\n

      1: Direct Violence (armed conflict, torture, etc.)<\/p>\n

      \u21d2 Direct Peace<\/u> (Controlling and stopping war\/ civil war\/ massacre\/ torture, in any reason)<\/p>\n

      2: Structural violence (trace of colonization, unstable sovereign-states, unnatural state border, rich-poor gap in\/out Africa, lack of BHN, over-cropping for earning money, etc.)<\/p>\n

      \u21d2 Structural Peace<\/u> (Ensuring BHNs for all African people, through establishing a fair system)<\/p>\n

      3: Cultural violence (Historical trauma, gender bias, child soldiers, etc.)<\/p>\n

      \u21d2 Cultural Peace<\/u> (Education, for positive co-existence and co-understanding)<\/p>\n

      And there are still positive potentials and possibilities in Africa:<\/p>\n

      -No nuclear weapons! (Anti-nuclear treaty)<\/p>\n

      -No superpower! (No hegemonic existence)<\/p>\n

      -Strong people\u2019s power! (Physical individual strength, and large population)<\/p>\n

      -Rich resources and natural energy! (Including reproductive ones, heritage for future generation)<\/p>\n

      -Huge numbers of the states! (If integrated, very powerful and effective, for example, at voting at an international organization)<\/p>\n

      -Traditional wisdom of conflict resolution<\/p>\n

      -Experience of successful international organizations, for example, ECOWAS!<\/p>\n

      -Excellent humanitarian NGOs!<\/p>\n

      The prescription could be formed through developing combination or totalizing of the above good factors, or the solution would be constructed embedding on them.<\/p>\n

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      1. Prescription<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        I. Basic strategy for Deep Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Ensuring individual minimum QOL (quality of life) will bring peace, in the long perspective<\/li>\n
        2. Prioritizing BHNs. (importance of agriculture for self-supply)<\/li>\n
        3. Respecting for spontaneous development from inside Africa<\/li>\n
        4. Unifying trade, security, and negotiation<\/li>\n
        5. Building sustainable society with appropriate technology<\/li>\n
        6. Reforming sovereign-states system, corresponding with ethnicities<\/li>\n
        7. Sharing natural resource and energy, fairly, depending on SDGs<\/li>\n
        8. Controlling and integrating diplomacy with outside Africa powers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          II. Five Regional con-federated states in Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

          Transformation: Building 5 regional federation consists of un-fragmentized ethnic groups (Northern, Western, Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa), and a Con-federation of Africa.<\/p>\n

          \u30fbEvery regional federation fairy possesses natural resources (Oil, diamond, gold, etc.) is arranged.<\/p>\n

          \u30fbTrade is encouraged among each other, not internationally.<\/p>\n

          \u30fbEvery regional federation has a democratic government, constructed and monitored by the United Nations<\/p>\n

          \u30fbEvery ethnic group joins to one region, un-separately.<\/p>\n

          \u30fbIndividual person becomes a citizen member of the regional federation. (The present state government is weakened.)<\/p>\n

          \u30fbIndividual person has three voting rights (political party, religion, and ethnicity or religious entity) in election, under the principle of gender equality; which forms reginal federation government.<\/p>\n

          III. African Union (AU), as a more integrated inter-Africa organization:<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \u30fbMonopolizing unified diplomacy with outside Africa, especially at negotiation with power states (US, France, China, etc.) and other international organizations. (AU diplomacy center)<\/p>\n

          \u30fbAdjusting the fairness among the regional federation (AU Fair center)<\/p>\n

          \u30fbSupervising all international trades, and BHN-prioritizing activities (AU Economic Council).<\/p>\n

          \u30fbEnsuring common security and promoting disarmament and de-armament (AFROPOL).<\/p>\n

          \u30fbNominating and preserving of Africa\u2019s common heritage and peace education (A-ESCO)<\/p>\n

          \u30fbProduces common items for security, and for AU\u2019s own finance and creating peace business (AU Human Security Factory Center; This also stimulates local industry)<\/p>\n

          <Additional proposal: Examples of the AUHSFC products><\/strong><\/p>\n

          1) Violent automobile stopper (against militia)<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\u00a0This equipments captures and holds the tires up; with thousands around the city central zone, people should be safer, at least earn time for evacuation. (Hinted by a Japanese police\u2019s production)<\/p>\n

          2) Life straw (cleansing polluted water)<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

          In the forest or camp, people should earn clear water. (Already produced, and should become unexpensive at mass production.)<\/p>\n

          3) Anti-knife shirt (in case of civil massacre)<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

          With this shirt, people would be survived in case. (Hinted by a Japanese police\u2019s production)<\/p>\n

          4) Anti-personnel landmine sweeper<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a>Already activated, and should become unexpensive at mass production.<\/p>\n

          5) Gravity electric generator<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

          Already produced, generate electricity simple by holding weight up.<\/p>\n

          IV. Principles of Encouraging 4 Micro-s: for spontaneous development (development from inside)<\/strong><\/p>\n

          1) Micro Credit: Supporting small industries all over Africa<\/p>\n

          2) Micro Trade: Activating fair-trade between 5 regions intra-Africa, via local workers; not with outside Africa<\/p>\n

          3) Micro Craft: Encouraging of handicraft, home industry to make self-sufficient goods<\/p>\n

          4) Micro Aid; through a family bond: African family= family at Advanced country; aid in micro-needs and demands<\/p>\n

          <Additional Proposal: Examples of \u201cMicro Aid\u201d><\/strong><\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

          <Afterword><\/strong><\/p>\n

          If this Hatsu Yume<\/em> vision could only a skeleton of the transformation idea, however I believe this is worth examined. Recent power states seem to act in 19 century in history; buying Global South and fighting in South, under the state vs state context. It is very difficult to control powers; however, the counter-plan in 21st century could be, setting and dressing up into: \u201cno place in the world for their intervention,\u201d strengthening the South.<\/p>\n

          Thanks for reading my strange dream till end; how the year 2020 could be\u2026?<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a><Photo Quotation Lists><\/strong><\/p>\n

          Hanai, http:\/\/eight-guard.com\/<\/p>\n

          Car View, http:\/\/www.carview.co.jp\/newrs\/0\/61648<\/p>\n

          Flickr, https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/flavioherrera\/4476555683<\/p>\n

          CNN, http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/12\/06\/world\/africa\/central-african-republic-unrest\/index.html<\/p>\n

          Lifestraw, http:\/\/lifestraw.com\/products\/lifestraw\/<\/p>\n

          Nikken, http:\/\/www.nikkenmfg.com\/mine\/demining\/function\/index.html<\/p>\n

          Success Planing, http:\/\/www.kyotonishijin-yoroi.jp\/<\/p>\n

          Idea International, http:\/\/idea-in.com\/?pg=product_detail&am=02190759<\/p>\n

          Askul, http:\/\/www.askul.co.jp\/<\/p>\n

          Sato Cooperation, http:\/\/www.ureruzo.com\/ge.htm<\/p>\n

          Zen-ei Cooperation, http:\/\/www.protectpeople.net\/dosimeter\/abc_guigercounter.php<\/p>\n

          Map of Africa, muturzikin.com and free materials<\/p>\n

          Sekaishi Shouyou, http:\/\/sekaisi-syoyou.blogspot.jp\/2014\/06\/8.html<\/p>\n

          Gravitylight https:\/\/deciwatt.global\/gravitylight<\/p>\n

          ___________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/a>Daisuke Nojima is a TRANSCEND member from Japan.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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