Congo War

Niotan, US Company, Helps Fuel Congo War, Charges UN Report

Posted 12.03.2009 | World

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By Joe Lauria UNITED NATIONS -- A Nevada-based company's purchase of minerals looted from eastern Congo is helping to finance a decade-long war tha...

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Gold Addiction Fuels Brutal Congo War (VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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This Sunday "60 Minutes" will present an investigation into how the global gold industry is helping fuel violence and chaos in the Congo. CBS repor...

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UN Criticized For Part In Congo Offensive

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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United Nations peacekeepers have been criticised for supporting a government military offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo....

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Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten: The New Blood Diamonds

Janet Ranganathan | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

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Janet Ranganathan

Rebel groups are funded by profits from mining activities, and by unwitting American consumers who purchase electronics using minerals sourced from mines in eastern DRC.

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Conflict In Congo Rages On Despite 49 Years Of Independence

Huffington Post Contributor | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

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By Rebecca Hamilton Goma, DRC - Jimmy Makozo is ten years old. He should be in school. Instead, he is on the streets of Goma desperately reaching ou...

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UN: Arms from Sudan Add to Congo Humanitarian Disaster

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Georgianne Nienaber

How involved was the United States State Department in the destabilization of the Kivu provinces in eastern DRC? Did our State Department officials become "terrorists" in the eyes of a revolutionary movement in Congo?

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"Cheka Kidogo": Congolese Fashion Exhibition Aims To Raise Awareness Of Continued Violence

Louis Belanger | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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Louis Belanger

Fashion photographer Rankin has joined forces with aid agency Oxfam to put together a unique selection of portraits from Congo's war-zone: The exhibit...

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Mass Rape And Violence In Congo Over Past Two Months: Human Rights Watch

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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DAKAR, Senegal — At least 90 women have been raped and 180 villagers killed over the past two months by rebels as well as government forces in v...

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Congo Violence Fueled By Common Material In Cell Phones, Laptops

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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NYCity News Service

Coltan, when refined, is used in many common electronic devices. But Congolese miners have been killed, and women raped, during the 11-year war over the valuable mineral deposits.

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'Congo Chic': A Hint Of Glamour In The Shadow Of War (VIDEO)

Global Post | Finbarr O'Reilly | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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EASTERN CONGO -- The Democratic Republic of Congo is notorious for its war, brutality and misery. Less known is the beauty and humanity that still s...

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Hutu Rebels Return To Rwanda After Years In Congo Hideouts

Washingtonpost.com | By Stephanie McCrummen | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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The 958 Express arrived at last. In the early-afternoon sun, Leonard Hakorimano, with his wife and two sons, squeezed into a crowded bus that was soo...

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Congolese Midwives Struggle To Help Mothers Brutalized By War (SLIDESHOW)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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Georgianne Nienaber

I hate the border crossing from Rwanda into Goma at Gisenyi. It frays nerves and sullies sunny dispositions in a heartbeat. Male street thugs prowl pa...

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Video for Change: The ICC and Justice for Child Soldiers in the DRC

Yvette Alberdingk Thijm | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

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Yvette Alberdingk Thijm

The International Criminal Court commenced its first trial Jan 26, and I am inspired by the myriad and unprecedented ways video and technology have been incorporated into the proceedings.

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The Never Ending War

Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

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Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis

If rape is a weapon of the Congo's war, then treat it with the gravity afforded every other weapon. Until the sexual violence ends, the world has no right to speak of peace.

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Over 30,000 Congolese Refugees Flood Into Uganda

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Delegations from the Congolese government and rebel forces opened U.N.-brokered peace talks Monday, trying to resolve the viole...

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Congo Finally Agrees To Talk To Rebels

AP | T.J. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

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GOMA, Congo — Congolese officials agreed Friday to talk peace with rebels whose recent offensive has brought the country's eastern region back t...

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What the World Must Know About the Congo

Muadi Mukenge | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Muadi Mukenge

Fresh from a two-week visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, I watch on television the escalation of war, one that has already claimed five million lives since 1998.

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Study: Congo Fighting Causes 45,000 Deaths A Month

The Guardian | Chris McGreal | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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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