Equatorial Kundu
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The Republic of Equatorial Kundu is a fictional African country from the television series The West Wing that may be based on the real-life nation of Rwanda. The name echoes that of Equatorial Guinea, a real-world African nation.
Kundu is a small nation plagued by AIDS, poverty and violence, and consists of two tribes: the Arkutu and the Induye. In January 2003 in the West Wing universe, the Arkutu-run government started murdering Induye on the streets of Bitanga, the capital city. Soon, the murdering spread to the countryside, and the outside world began to speak of genocide.
In President Josiah Bartlet's second inaugural address he announced the new Bartlet Doctrine for the use of force: America shall intervene whenever there are humanitarian interests at stake. With that new doctrine the President sent a brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 101st Airborne Division, and a Marine expeditionary unit to Kundu to stop the violence.
The intervention was successful in stopping the genocide, but three Marine lance corporals patrolling Bitanga Airport were kidnapped shortly after the airport was supposedly secured. A successful rescue operation managed to retrieve the men, but shortly thereafter there was a terrorist retaliation on Red Haven, a U.S. military base in Ghana used to plan the rescue, killing 17 and wounding 20.
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- The West Wing
- Qumar, another fictional nation in The West Wing
- List of characters on The West Wing
- List of politicians on The West Wing
- List of The West Wing episodes
