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PHOTOS: Thousands Of Refugees Flee Devastating Clashes

The Huffington Post/Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Rwanda, Drc, Goma, Congo Refugees, Slideexpand, Congo Violence, Congo, North Kivu, Video, Congo War, Nosco Ntaganda, Democratic Republic Congo, Kivu, World News

Thousands of women and children have abandoned their homes in Congo, fleeing recent clashes between the Congolese military and troops loyal to the not...

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Bishops And Extractive Industries: A Human Face Of Mining

Katherine Marshall | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Extractive-Industries, Drc, Guatemala, Nigeria, Ghana, Extractive-Industries-Transparency-Initiative, Interfaith, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

The potential coalition of leaders from different world regions and different religious traditions could do wonders for the extractive industry cause. They offer a special promise.

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Borders Were Made To Be Crossed

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Drc, Smuggling, Border, Goma, Zaire, Argentina, Graham Greene, Cuidad Del Este, Gisenyi, Brazil, Passport, Congo, Paraguay, Rwanda, Travel News
Rebecca Tinsley

Cuidad del Este is a bustling city on the Paraguayan side of the Rio Parana. It forms the triple frontier with Brazil and Argentina, but it couldn't be more different from its orderly neighbors.

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Saw Kony 2012? A Must Read New Book on Conflict and Aid

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Central African Republic, Drc, Car, Unicef, Samantha Nutt, Somalia, Ic, Dr Samantha Nutt, Iraq, War Child Canada, Samantha Nutt MD, Damned Nations, Dr Nutt, Aid, Book Review, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kony 2012, Afghanistan, Invisible Children, Development, War Child, Books News
Tom Murphy

The timing of the Kony 2012 campaign is quite apt in light of the recent release of Dr Samantha Nutt's memoir-cum-aid commentary Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies & Aid.

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Q & A: On Kony 2012, the LRA in Congo, and the Catholic Response

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Drc, Lra, Uganda, Stop Kony 2012, Joseph Kony, South Sudan, Catholic, Impact News
Catholic Relief Services

Kony 2012 has been viewed over 100 million times worldwide in the past 10 days. While the media storm rages, Catholic Relief Services is continuing the work we've been doing for decades in the regions of East and Central Africa.

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Horror and Hope in the Congo

Kate Grant | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: UK, Drc, Women, Muslim, Fistula, Democratic Republic of Congo, Fistula Foundation, Congo Violence, Christian, Faith, Heal Africa, Video, World News
Kate Grant

Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro provides an illuminating view of the war in Congo and profiles Heal Africa, a pioneering hospital in this besieged region, confronting the immeasurable toll on women from rape, brutal violence, and obstetric fistula.

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City of Joy Graduation: DRC's Peaceful Revolution Has Begun

Belinda Munoz | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, City of Joy Drc, Drc, International Women's Empowerment, City of Joy, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Impact News
Belinda Munoz

Love is the only thing that gives anyone meaning to go on living. Love is the only thing that can eradicate evil, bitterness and revenge. Love is the only thing that can free the good that lives in all of us.

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Congo Community Faces Targeted Assassinations and Issues Plea for Help

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Drc, Fdlr, Uganda, Human Rights Watch, Genocide, Kivu, Mai Mai, Democratic Republic of Congo, God, Sadiki, Walikale, Political Assassinations, Monusco, Rwanda, Sheka, Video, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

While Walikale is waiting for the world and God to wake up, officials are urging people living deep in the villages to gather or in towns or in more populated areas to shield themselves from an impending massacre.

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WATCH: Battling For One Of The World's Largest Rainforests

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Video, African Conservation, Drc, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Conservation, Climate Change, Democratic Republic of Congo Rainforest, Congo, Green News

While the U.N. Climate Conference talks take place in South Africa, a more intese battle for the environment rages elsewhere on the continent. In t...

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Reason for Hope in Congo

Amy Kurland | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Joseph Kabila, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Drc, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kabila, Congo Elections, Drc Elections, World News
Amy Kurland

A truly democratic DRC will only be possible if the Congolese people believe they have the right and the power to demand reform and stability. It will only be possible if they believe that they can "throw the bums out." It will only be possible if they believe that they don't deserve to be exploited.

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Averting Disaster in the Congo

Ben Affleck | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Ben Affleck, Cindy McCain, Drc, Congo Elections 2011, Congo, Drc Elections, Congo Elections, Impact News
Ben Affleck

The Congolese people deserve a future where their basic rights are respected, including the right to know that their leaders reflect their electoral will. This right hangs in the balance.

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The Ignored Election in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Joe Trippi | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Drc, Joseph Kabila, Democracy, Congo, Election, Africa, World News
Joe Trippi

The Democratic Republic of Congo just held an historic election -- the outcome of which will have a major effect on the Sub-Saharan region of Africa, if not the entire continent. But you wouldn't know this listening to the DC chattering class.

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Congo's Historic Election

Cindy McCain | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Drc, Slidepollajax, Election, Eastern Congo Initiative, Congo, Cindy McCain, Impact News
Cindy McCain

The most recent election has shown that the Congolese people want their voices heard and that they overwhelmingly desire good governance, security, economic and social development.

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DRC Elections: A Bellwether for Stability in Africa

Joe Trippi | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Joseph Kabila, Politics, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Drc, Barack Obama, DRC Violence, World News
Joe Trippi

The revolution in Libya has overshadowed another scheduled event that promises an equally seismic effect on democracy in Africa - the Nov. 28 election...

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WATCH: Raw Video Of Massive Volcano Erupting

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Nyamuragira, Video, Virunga National Park Volcano, Drc, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Volcano, Volcano Video, Nyamuragira Congo, Congo, Nyamuragira Volcano, Virunga National Park, Drc Volcano, World News

Nyamuragira, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one of the most active volcanoes in Africa, began spewing lava into the air on Sunday...

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WATCH: Baby Gorilla Saved From Black Market Sale, Demand Grows

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Baby Gorillas DRC, Baby Gorilla Saved, Baby Gorillas, Baby Gorillas Black Market, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drc, Christian Shamavu, Black Market Baby Gorillas, Baby Gorillas Democratic Republic of Congo, Gorillas Virunga National Park, Animals, Baby Gorilla, DRC Gorillas, Poached Gorillas, Gorilla Trafficking, Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Virunga National Park, Video, Green News

The trafficking of baby gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reportedly growing at an alarming rate. The most recent incident las...

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Engaging Men in the Effort to End Violence Against Women

Search for Common Ground | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Un Report, Violence Against Women, Drc, Search for Common Ground, DRC Violence, Congo Sexual Violence, Male Sexual Violence, Impact News
Search for Common Ground

As more women in developing nations are empowered to promote their own advancement and security, NGOs can't forget those who have the power to instantly change the treatment of women -- men.

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What Conflict Minerals Legislation Is Actually Accomplishing in Congo

Sasha Lezhnev | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Conflict Minerals, Drc, Dodd-Frank, Motorola, Kivu, Free the Slaves, Special Mixed Court, Congo, Oecd, Bosco Ntaganda, Mining, Sasha Lezhnev, World Gold Council, New York Times, Enough Project, Civil Society, Usaid, David Aronson, Great Lakes Region, Rwanda, Igsci, Kajemba, Impact News
Sasha Lezhnev

Ending the world's deadliest conflict is no easy task, but a growing consensus of Congolese civil society, electronics and metals companies, investors, and governments are now taking action to do so.

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Everest: Summit, at What Cost?

Georgina Miranda | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Conflict in Congo, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drc, Mount Everest Climber, Congo, Mount Everest, Climbing Mt Everest, Impact News
Georgina Miranda

After three hours of restless sleep, I rose at 3 am to pack up my gear, test my oxygen mask, and start the ascent to the South Col (26,000 ft.), the fourth and final camp before the summit of Everest.

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Climbing Mt. Everest For The Women And Children Of The Congo

Georgina Miranda | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Sexual Violence, Everest, Rape, Drc, Travel, Climbing, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Sexual Assault, Seven Summits, Mountain Climbing, Charity, Impact News
Georgina Miranda

When I embarked on Everest, I had five of the seven summits behind me, but everything about this mountain, both physically and emotionally, was on a whole other level.

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Why We Can't Rely On Standardized Tests -- And The Companies That Create Them

Todd Farley | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, No Child Left Behind, Drc, ETS K-12, Pearson Education, Riverside Publishing, Mcgraw-Hill, Education Reform, Education News
Todd Farley

For the last ten years in this country we've regularly seen standardized tests results that can't be believed and standardized testing companies that can't be trusted.

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It Only Takes One

Georgina Miranda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drc, Sexual Violence, Climb Take Action, Congo, Impact News
Georgina Miranda

I am hoping with this campaign to peel away the numbers and statistics and focus on the living and breathing individual women in DRC and how we can make their lives better.

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LRA Victims Appeal to President Obama (VIDEO)

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Central African Republic, Drc, Obama, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Human Rights, Car, Africa, Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, World News
Human Rights Watch

Victims of atrocities by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have sent emotional personal pleas to US President Barack Obama, calling for urgent action to end attacks by the rebel group.

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Conflict Minerals: Not Just an NGO Issue

Marshall Chase | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drc, Sandy Merber, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Karen Hayes, Conflict Minerals, BSR Conference 2010, Pact, Securities and Exchange Commission, Impact News
Marshall Chase

It was a standing-room-only crowd of over 150 people from a broad range of companies beyond ICT, including U.S. and international auto manufacturers, heavy industry, and others.

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How to assist fragile countries challenged by weak governance

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Drc, Kabila, Conflict, Mining, World Bank, Donors, Aid, Security, Development, Aid Channels, Congo, World News
Nicholas van Praag

This post originally appeared on the World Bank's Conflict & Development Blog on October 28, 2010. The Democratic Republic of Congo is in the headlin...

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