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Conflict Minerals in the Congo: Let's Be Frank About Dodd-Frank

Mvemba Dizolele | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Conflict Minerals, Kivus, Congo, Dodd-Frank, Joseph Kabila, Conflict Diamonds, Blood Diamonds, World News
Mvemba Dizolele

Oversimplification of issues often produces inadequate, counterproductive policies. Dodd-Frank and its proponents penalize the people of eastern Congo, but do little to curtail the militias and their backers.

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International Crisis Group Calls Congo Government a Failure and Warns of Anarchy

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Josph Kabila, Johnnie Carson, Women, Press Freedom, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch, United Nations, Dos, Congo, Anarchy, Murder of Journalists, International Crisis Group, Gorillas, Hillary Clinton, Kivus, State Department, Serge Maheshe, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

The International Crisis Group's latest report, "Congo: A Stalled Democratic Agenda," scrutinizes the four year presidency of Joseph Kabila, calls it a failure, and warns that DRC risks anarchy without democracy and institutional reform.

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Oxfam Testimony from Congo: "We are the Wretched of the Earth; They are Killing Us in the Name of Peace."

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drc, Rwandan Militias, Rape, War, United Nations, Oxfam, Monuc, Georgianne Nienaber, Congo, Fdlr, Laurent Nkunda, Conflict, Fardc, Cndp, Hrw, Media Lies, Alan Doss, Kivus, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

The aid group OXFAM did something no one else has done and took a survey of the civilians in eastern Congo and asked them how the campaign was affecting them.

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