Congo

DRC Congo: Killing of Civilians Continues Despite Cease Fire Agreement

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Women, Rape, Human Rights, Africa, Democratic Repiblic of Congo, Children, War, Congo, Kivu Province, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

In the Congo, there have been more than 200 killings of civilians documented, as well as rape of hundreds of women and girls since January by all armed groups, including Congolese army soldiers.

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Fox-Owned National Geographic Uses Gorillas as Cover for Exploitation of Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News Photoshop, Rwanda, Congo National Geographic, Media Distortion, Dian Fossey, Gorillas, Environment, Wildlife Direct, Conservation Fraud, Congo, Militias, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

The gorilla photography on the cover of National Geographic Magazine conveys a the message that animals are more important than people. It is colonialist, racist, and supportive of multi-national and strategic interests.

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Gorilla Killings in Virunga National Park, Congo

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Virunga, Congo, Gorillas, Charlie Rose, Animals, Living News
Charlie Rose

Mountain gorillas are an endangered species with some 700 alive. Nearly half of these animals live in Virunga National Park which borders Uganda, Rwan...

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Ben Affleck To Congo As "Nightline" Correspondent

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ben Affleck, Congo, Ben Affleck Congo, Nightline, Ben Affleck Nightline, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — "Nightline" will focus on the humanitarian crisis in the Congo with the help of an unusual correspondent _ Ben Affleck. The 35-year-...

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Africa is No More "Overpopulated" Than Iraq Was a Haven for WOMD: Do the Math

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: United Nations, National Geographic, Africa, Oil, Conservation, Minerals, Congo, Strategic Interests, Depopulation Politics, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Africa is no more the "Dark Continent" and overpopulated than Iraq was a haven for weapons of mass destruction. I just hate it when I am bamboozled...

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Penis Theft Panic Hits Congo Capital

Reuters | Joe Bavier | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Witchcraft Africa, Penis Theft, Witchcraft, Witchcraft Congo, Witch Hunts Congo, Congo, Penis Theft Congo, Witch Hunts, Living News

Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted...

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The Dark Side

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Torture, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

Using torture is more terrifying than any band of deranged zealots. If we fight evil with inhumanity, what does that make us?

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Study: Congo Fighting Causes 45,000 Deaths A Month

The Guardian | Chris McGreal | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Starvation, Congolese Children, Diarrhoea, Congo War, Congo Children Killed War, Pneumonia, Malaria, International Rescue Committee Study, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Politics News

The effects of a decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to kill about 45,000 people each month - half of them small chil...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, Hope and Chicken Dinners

Lisa Witter | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Women for Women International, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rape as a Weapon of War, Zainab Salbi, Congo, Africa Rape Young Girls, Africa Rape Virgins, Politics News
Lisa Witter

The women and girls being raped in the DRC are counting on us to stay hopeful and keep connected.

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Violence Against Women in the D.R. Congo: The Most Horrible Thing You Will Read Today -- And, Unfortunately, Perhaps The Last You'll Hear Of It For Weeks

Bob Harris | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Violence Against Women, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Genocide, Femicide, Violence, Media, Media Bias, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo Media Coverage, Politics News
Bob Harris

Many Westerners have heard next to nothing about the violence in the D. R. Congo, despite the fact that its aftermath is still deadlier on a daily basis than all other current wars on earth combined.

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Congo Rebels Seize Endangered Gorilla Refuge

AP via CNN | Posted 10.07.2007 | Home

Read More: Endangered Species, Gorillas, Eastern Congo, Congo, Home News

Rebels have seized an area in eastern Congo that serves as a wildlife habitat for endangered mountain gorillas, threatening one of the last known popu...

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Horrific Rape Epidemic Devastating Eastern Congo

New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 10.07.2007 | Home

Read More: War in Africa, Congo Crisis, Rape, Congo, Home News

Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, cannot bear to listen to the stories his patients tell him anymore. Every day, 10 new women and girls who ha...

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UN Rushes To Contain Outbreak Of Ebola Virus In Central Congo

New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home

Read More: Virus, Disease, Outbreak, Africa, Ebola, Congo, Home News

United Nations officials reported an outbreak of Ebola virus in central Congo today and were rushing supplies and doctors into the region to contain t...

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