War and epidemics: How conflict and disease are destroying humanity

 

A displaced family walking through a conflict‑damaged landscape while health workers respond to an epidemic outbreak.

 

War and global epidemics are two of the most destructive forces shaping the modern world, and their relationship is far more intertwined than many realize. Each crisis magnifies the other, creating a vicious cycle that threatens human survival, weakens nations, and destabilizes entire regions.

WHY THE WAR AGAINST CRIME IS A TOTAL FAILURE

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Why have governments, politicians, and security agencies spent billions of dollars fighting endless wars against crimes when nothing significant has been achieved so far? 

In my country of birth, Ghana, there is a proverb that says, "If you are pulling a rope and suddenly it stops, then something is holding on to it at the end."

That is true; the fight against crime has been a total failure because rich people, politicians, high-profile personalities, and wealthy institutions, including pharmaceutical companies, are behind the most horrible crimes you will never think of.

These rich white-collar criminals and institutions rule this world; they decide who must live and die. Therefore, the world is not at rest, and clearly, everyone can see that people now live in fear and anxiety.

Money is good; everyone needs it, but why do you need to kill people, races, or reduce the world's population with biological weapons to make money or get what you want and then tell the world that bats, primates, poverty, and bushmeat are responsible?

This is the truth I write, and it's only a few writers that have such courage to write it. Since the truth is more bitter than the bile, the one on the truthful part becomes an enemy, facing all kinds of harassment, punishment, and hate from an empire of deceitful enemies.

The one who walks with God can't be silenced even when he sees death approaching, and the one who walks with God doesn't fear any man who was once a baby. Whatever a man sows, the same he shall reap. 

Politicians, your world stinks of crime; Google, your world stinks of crime; the World Health Organization (WHO), your world stinks of crime; the US government, your world stinks of crime; and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), your world stinks of crime.

You must take responsibility for today's coronavirus deaths. Your responsibility is to protect the people, not to kill them. Now those who can't handle it any longer are committing suicide, and their deaths are being ruled as COVID-19-related deaths. 

The blood of the innocent you have murdered with the coronavirus will remain indelible in your palms forever, and those supporting, aiding, abetting, and defending your crimes will come to ruin. Time will tell.

SIERRA LEONE needs more International help aftermath the war

Child killers at war in Sierra Leone



The war in Sierra Leone is over, but the result is disastrous. A grim picture of victims of war with physical and psychological scars is all over the provinces. As said by one of the victims, calling for international help.


"If you can permit me, I can send some photos of war victims still on the streets of Freetown and other big towns, having no proper care, no shelter, and no food. They only survive by begging on the street for their daily lives."

In 2008, when I visited Freetown, what I saw was really sad to narrate. How could people be so cruel? What crime has the baby or child committed to deserve amputation of both wrists? The victim's mind is still filled with sad emotions of bitterness about what happened to them. 

They can forgive but can't forget what exactly took place in Sierra Leone. The war victims are all over the provinces with amputated hands and legs. Sad to say that, the less fortunate ones had both hands amputated.  

This is the biggest problem the government of Sierra Leone is presently facing. The people need international help in terms of feeding, shelter, clothing, medical care, and education for children roaming the streets without a certain future.

This horrific war that claimed thousands of lives and maimed both children and adults could have been prevented. The developed countries were very slow to respond to the cry of the Sierra Leoneans until they observed how serious the war was becoming. 

To halt the brutal war, many musicians, including Lucky Dube, the South African reggae star, and the great Joseph Hill of Culture-Jamaica (both deceased), sacrificed their lives to play peace concerts in the capital, Freetown. Joseph Hill told the rebels to put down their weapons, and they obeyed.

At one point, the rebels told the government of Tejan Kabbah that "You are lucky that Paa Hill is here (referring to Joseph Hill), else we shall destroy this city within twenty-four hours." 

Even though the government is working to promote the welfare of the people, especially children, youth, and women, in their quest to achieve Social Justice, Advocacy, Human Rights, and Social Improvement in a participatory approach, irrespective of Tribe, Race, Gender, and Religion, Sierra Leone still needs international help.