Congo's economy is not undermined by "unregulated fertility" rates. Civil society has been destroyed by decades of war and over a hundred years of exploitation of Congo's wealth by international interests.
Information about human rights abuse is the key asset of human rights groups. The loss of this information is a problem with far-reaching implications.
Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.
This week we're profiling FilmAid International, a non-profit organization that aims to bring the healing and educating power of cinema to refugees in the most desperate situations.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 has been making news because of all the things left out of it, including billions of dollars in cuts to expensive weapons systems.
The symptoms of catastrophe are unmistakable, and the diagnosis is clear: we are in a race against time with the forces of the natural world.
The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Philip Alston, described some of the heinous crimes committed against Congole...
On this World Food Day more than one billion people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, an increase of 100 million in just over a year.
Reported have said that joint military operations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a catastrophic failure. Now satellite imagery of the Busurungi area in North Kivu clearly shows burned villages.
Peace activists are hoping that President Obama, with the added luster of a Nobel Prize, will wade more deeply into resolving the conflicts in Sudan and the Congo, the deadliest in the world.
Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?
Barack Obama won the Nobel Prize because the world outside our own borders hopes, wants, and prays for his success internationally. And that's a good thing, a very good thing.
We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.
"The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow. He recognizes the fact that there is a law that says...
The sad truth is that a much-needed debate over what an effective counterinsurgency strategy would look like in eastern Congo -- similar to what is going on regarding Afghanistan -- is virtually non-existent.
Commanding four of the top five rankings in Newsweek, the electronics industry appears to be leading the way in environmental sustainability.
The immense courage and strength of victimized Congolese women in speaking out will help bring more awareness to these crimes and change to a region of the world that suffers from the most brutal atrocities of war.
Gabriele said that over time some prisoners would find ways to illustrate their stay. They would draw stars, birds, and trees to remind them of freedom. She said they could often smell the roses outside.
Congolese president Joseph Kabila paved the way for a troupe of Spanish Clowns, while thugs and militia rule the Kivus and truth-seeking journalist are threatened.
For small sums, vulture funds buy debts racked up years ago by the poorest countries on earth. Then they take the poor country to court, and demand exorbitant and crippling returns from the debtor nations.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I met a 12-year-old girl who told me her story of being attacked and raped. Last month when I returned to the DRC I asked to meet Hope again.
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