been going on for roughly 13 years. by 2021. that number had stretched to 20 years. last year , roughly 100 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes, mostly because of conflict that is twice as many as a decade ago. so what s behind these shifts? in the first place money as the scholar alex to wall noted in an interview with al jazeera, the struggle between burham and hamiti is to hold on to what he calls the kleptocratic military business empires. the wall notes that bergen has appointed loyalists into positions of control and finance, oil and minerals. hermetic controls darfur s vast deposits of gold, which is sudan s single largest source of export revenue. he also has another source of power and income. his paramilitary troops, who have four days
waal noted in an interview with al jazeera. the struggle between birmingham and humidity is to hold on to what he calls the kleptocratic military business empires. the wall notes that bergen has appointed loyalists into positions of control and finance, oil and minerals. he controls darfur s vast deposits of g, which is sudan s single largest source of export revenue. he also has another source of power and income. his paramilitary troops who have four days mercenaries for the and saudi arabia in their proxy war in yemen. transition to civilian rule and eventually elections could weaken his hold on either of these sources of power. this is a phenomenon we see across africa resource rich countries have witnessed sustained conflict as warlords, soldiers and rebels have carved
you are allowed to meet with other world leaders that we recognize over the last 40 years. steve: over to taiwan last year and a core saber rattling. but there was somebody who rallied a lot of people s wherewithal of what is going on with china right now. kendall is the air force secretary and a he has been in the military business for 40 years. he is looking at china s nuclear buildup. for decades, they have had maybe 200 atomic warheads. right now they have 400. within ten years, they could have close to 1500. this is a big problem. here is his testimony tuesday at capitol hill. i don t think i ve seen anything more disturbing and the chinese expansion, ongoing expansion. for decades they were quite comfortable and arsenal with weapons.