The "Hippo Trench" -- US military presence in Africa

It's not only about fighting Boko Haram, it's across the continent, which is what I found interesting.

I agree that some days could just weep into the keyboard. And yep, tangled histories indeed.

I don't think anyone expects you to do it Luckygirl.

But where to start? And how to make a difference? And how to keep up with info on all these trouble spots and their tangled histories?

I spend a lot of time "weeping into the keyboard", but in the end I am totally powerless to effect any sort of change anywhere at all.

Well someone needs to help them. Remember how we were sobbing over our keyboards when the schoolgirls were taken?

Groan! - when will it all ever end? It is just too depressing reading about all these terrible troubles around the world. I think I have reached saturation point now.