Democratic Republic of Congo

Anniversary of a Massacre Foretold

Bryan Mealer | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Peacekeepers, Congolese Children, Congo War, Rape, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations, Gold, Minerals, Hema, Lendu, Bunia, Politics News
Bryan Mealer

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the fall of Bunia, a tiny trading town in northeastern Congo where over 500 people were massacred by ethnic militia in a blood spree for gold and plunder.

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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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