Some believe that HIV/AIDS statistics are much higher and possibly at pandemic levels in eastern DRC, due to the ongoing conflict between the army and the rebels.
Susan Morgan and Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home
Sorry, world. Now that the United States has its own economic crisis, we're apparently too busy to discuss issues like genocide, global poverty, AIDS and the vast array of problems that affect the majority of the global community.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home
Neither John McCain nor Barack Obama has addressed this great humanitarian breakdown in Congo, except in the context of political squabbling.
AP | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home
KINSHASA, Congo — Accusations that a soccer player was using witchcraft during a match in eastern Congo sparked a riot that killed 13 people, a ...
AFP | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home
NEW DELHI - The Indian army said Wednesday that it was investigating UN allegations its troops had engaged in sexual abuse while on peacekeeping duti...
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
Image: Kivu 2007 © G. Nienaber On August 1, the BBC reported very troubling news that Congolese government forces and rebel troops in Eastern Demo...
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media
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.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media
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.
Charlie Rose | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living
Mountain gorillas are an endangered species with some 700 alive. Nearly half of these animals live in Virunga National Park which borders Uganda, Rwan...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — "Nightline" will focus on the humanitarian crisis in the Congo with the help of an unusual correspondent _ Ben Affleck. The 35-year-...
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green
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...
Reuters | Joe Bavier | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living
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...
Mort Rosenblum | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
Using torture is more terrifying than any band of deranged zealots. If we fight evil with inhumanity, what does that make us?
The Guardian | Chris McGreal | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
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...
Lisa Witter | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics
The women and girls being raped in the DRC are counting on us to stay hopeful and keep connected.
Bob Harris | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics
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.
AP via CNN | Posted 10.07.2007 | Home
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...
New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 10.07.2007 | Home
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...
New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home
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...
WASHINGTON — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around...
UPDATE: Radar reports that the Secret Service is investigating...
On "Meet the Press" Sunday morning, vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill said Palin "more...
The McCain campaign is all set to roll out...
MCCAIN CAMP TALKS 'CHARACTER ASSASSINATION,'
About a year ago, I had a memorable chat with a high-ranking Republican operative. ...
Katie Couric was out shopping in midtown with her daughters...
McCain lobbed attacks on Obama today as the markets were in freefall. Republican
Actor and activist Alec Baldwin appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night. At several points...
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt...
I had an unusual seat for the...
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed...
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention...
Rebecca Lichtenfeld | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics