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sed to alleviate the plight of man and protect the society from future occurrence.
 
Though the global effort to address development and security issues is commendable, the present Posture of withholding humanitarian intervention until conformity is tantamount to judging aggressors, the aggressed and civilians trapped in war zone guilty. A brief analysis of the Zaire Refugee camp between1994-1996 will be evaluated to show the flaws of the old humanitarian and the consequences of applying the new formula.
 
Zaire Goma Refugee Camp 1994-1996
 
Following the seizure of power in Rwanda by a Tutsi regime at the heel of the country’s 1994 genocide, about two million Hutus fled to Tanzania and Zaire in fear of a reprisal attack from the new government.
 
Over a million settled in Zaire Goma refugee camp and were catered for by aid workers. This soon drew international condemnation as some refugees were Hutu militias, who were allegedly feeding on the aid while planning to attack the Tutsi regime. This shows how the old humanitarian system can fuel crisis if administered wrongly.
 
The pressure from donor agencies and government to close the camp led CARE International and MSF to withdraw, other agencies were later compelled out by their sponsors. The number of international agencies dropped from 150 to 10. The withdrawal of aid despite evidence of revenge killing in Rwanda shows the uncompromising hard line adopted by new humanitarianism.
 
In 1996, Tutsi led Rwanda army attacked the camp as have been speculated resulting in more killings. However, proponents of new humanitarianism maintain that despite the death of some refugees, closing the camp was in the interest of long term peace and stability of the great lake region.
 
Though the Goma camp produced unwanted result but closing it and forcing the refugees’ home was not the solution. Rather than bring peace, it resulted in civil war in the North-Western part of the country.
 
This episode shows the problem of adopting any of the approach holistically and calls a revisit. However, it should be noted that withholding aid from people in their time of crises is not the best means to achieve sustainable security and development. Development and security should be people driven and meant to serve people.
 
It is understandable that aid intervention do not happen in political vacuum, as donor governments influence the actions of their bi-lateral and multi-lateral donor agencies.
 
For example funding policies can tie aid to condition like procuring goods and services needed for the intervention from a specific source or priorities are given to countries with common political interest (Anderson and Woodrow; 1998, 43). However, politicising such aid in conflict situation is killing the altruistic essence of intervention.
 
Since most conflicts that threaten global peace are in the South, the new humanitarian posture could be indirectly asking third world to conform to the dictates of the North or perish. Duffield captured this evolving system of exclusion and selective inclusion by stating that;
 
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