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World Food Day: More than One Billion People Suffering from Hunger

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Drc, Hunger, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Children, Unicef, Millennium Development Goals, G-8 Summit, Malnutrition, World Food Day, Veneman, Impact News
Ann M. Veneman

On this World Food Day more than one billion people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, an increase of 100 million in just over a year.

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Congo Spurns Burundi Refugees at Border

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Children, War, Idp, Joseph Kabila, Hillary Clinton, Kimia II, Un, Burundi, Gatumba, Refugees, Congo, Banyamulenge, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?

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DRC Chronicles: Being Shunned by Rape

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, V-Day, Rape, Drc, Panzi Hospital, Unicef, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ann Veneman, City of Joy, Denis Mukwege, Congo, World News
Ann M. Veneman

The immense courage and strength of victimized Congolese women in speaking out will help bring more awareness to these crimes and change to a region of the world that suffers from the most brutal atrocities of war.

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Lost Innocence and Hope Amid a Senseless War

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Drc, Unicef, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ann Veneman, Sexual Violence, World News
Ann M. Veneman

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I met a 12-year-old girl who told me her story of being attacked and raped. Last month when I returned to the DRC I asked to meet Hope again.

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Congo: Midwives Transform Trash Into Hope

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Humanitarian, Drc, Mountain Gorilla, Midwives, Grassroots, Conflict Zone, War, United Nations, Georgianne Nienaber, Congo, Secretray of State, Clinic, Wise Women, Virunga Park, Aprosaf, IDP Camps, Womens Issues, Homeless, Community Organizing, Hillary Clinton, Charcoal, Emmanuel De Merode, Refugees, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Since Secretary Clinton ended her African trip, the news cycle has seemingly abandoned the women of Congo.

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Ambassador Verveer on Congo's Rape Crisis: Unspeakable Brutality and Highly Emotional Encounters

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Killing, Drc, Media Cycles, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Rebels, Georgianne Nienaber, Media Ethics, Conflict Monerals, Rape, Congo, Responsible Journal;ism, Celebrities in Congo, NGO Corruption, Fdlr, Rwandan Army, Media Inattention, Fardc, Hillary Clinton, Graft, Burning, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Ambassador Melanne Verveer leads the charge against the heinous atrocities in the Congo.

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Congo: Clinton Announces $17M To Help Rape Victims, A First Step Toward Breaking Cycle Of Pain And War

Charles London | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Drc, Africa, Clinton Congo, World News
Charles London

The war in Congo, brutal though it is, is not fought for no reason. A complex array of actors with various goals and allegiances are vying for influence, control, and for power.

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Meeting with Hillary in the Congo

Louis Belanger | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Conflict in Congo, Hillary Clinton, Rape, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drc, World News
Louis Belanger

I'm supposed to be attending a meeting with the US Secretary of State Clinton, who flew into Congo last night. She's here to meet victims of sexual violence from the conflict in the east of the country.

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Will Hillary Face Down Congo's Kabila? Or Will He "Crush" Her Also?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Operation Umoja Wetu, Violence, Joseph Kabila, Bosco Ntaganda, Georgianne Nienaber, Hillary Clinton, Collateral Damage, Hrw, Torture, Ongo, Drc, Rape, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Kabila's army is committing a majority of the atrocities, and Hillary is going to be face to face with the butcher. Can Clinton offer a moral compass in this humanitarian tragedy, or will we once again turn our back on humanity?

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Dear Secretary Clinton: Could You Please Find Out if This Congolese Child Is Still Alive?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Drc, Mineral Smuggling, Human Rights Watch, Kivu, Goma, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Joseph Kabila, Georgianne Nienaber, Monuc, Fdlr, Global Witness, Fardc, Bosco Ntaganda, Paul Kagame, Sudan, Sate Department, United Nations, Rwanda, Alan Doss, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

I know you won't have a lot of free time when you visit the DRC, so perhaps you could skip some interviews and visit eastern Congo. The people there believe that you will help them.

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Congo Rapes, Violence Linked To Multinational Companies: Rights Group

The Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Trademet, Violence in Congo, Eastern DMC, Drc, UK Companies, AMC Group, Congo, Violence in DRC, Congo News, Eastern Congo, DRC Violence, Mining in DRC, Congolese Minerals, Congo Minerals, Minerals, Afrimex, Tradenet, Mineral Sources DRC, Republic of Congo, Rapes, Huffington Post Drc Global Witness, Democratic Republic of Congo, World News

Murders, rapes and major internal displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been linked to a number of multinational companies in a report...

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Lax Checks of Mineral Companies Allow Atrocities and Abuses in Congo

Lizzie Parsons | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Drc, Congo Conflict, Democratic Republic of Congo, Global Witness Report, Congo Violence, Arms Trade Congo, Companies Involved in Congo Trade, UK Companies Congo, DRC Army, Congo, Illegal Mineral Trading, Congo Report, Congolese Army, Mineral Trading Congo, Global Witness, Congro Trade, DRC Violence, Armed Conflict DRC, Congo Minerals, Kinshasa, Mineral Trading, Armed Conflict Congo, World News
Lizzie Parsons

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Congo region have been forced to flee from their homes - some many times - because men with guns have given them no choice. Others have been massacred, raped or tortured.

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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 08.14.2009 | World

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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Where is Twitter for the DRC? HRW Reports "Massive Increase in Attacks on Civilians"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Drc, Fdlr, Jean Bosco Ntaganda, Rape, Kabila, Fardc, Human Rights Watch, Kagame, Twitter, Georgianne Nienaber, Miliraty Failure, Kenneth Roth, Bukavu, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports that the United Nations-backed intensified military operations in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have failed to protect civilians from brutal rebel attacks.

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Lalibre Reports: Is it Too Late for Eastern Congo?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Drc, Fdlr, Genocide, Joseph Kabila, Radio Okapi, Paul Kagame, Kimia II, Congo, Umoja Wetu, Laurent Nkunda, Lalibre, Fardc, Georgianne nNenaber, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Recent events and an ignored report by the independent United Nations' Special Rappateur predicted the current escalation, but no one in American media appears to be listening.

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UN: Arms from Sudan Add to Congo Humanitarian Disaster

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Free Press, Drc, United Nations, Propaganda, Bosco Ntaganda, Georgianne Nienaber, Oxfam, Arms Shipments, Media, Jendayi Frazer, State Department, Journalism, Tim Shortley, Carter Center, Sudan, Human Rights Watch, Banyamulenge, Hrw, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Monuc, Cndp, Laurent Nkunda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Violence, Congo, Congo War, World News
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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Human Rights Watch Condemns Congolese Army for Atrocities: Kagame Backtracks on Nkunda's Arrest

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Drc, Nkunda, Fdlr, Georgianne Nienaber, Fardc, Gebral Laurent Nkunda, Cndp, Joseph Kabila, Bosco Ntaganda, Huffington Post, Hrw, Congo, Gatumba, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

It is a "problem" for the innocents being burned alive in Congo. A problem for the Congolese women who are raped on a daily basis.

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On Mother's Day: A Message of Hope and Survival

Rachel Brown | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Congo Rape Weapon of War, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drc, Mother's Day, Women Congo, Congo, Congo Violence, World News
Rachel Brown

We need to recognize that the respect accorded to our mothers is compromised by the suffering of mothers in places like Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Finding the Best in the Worst Circumstances: Reflections on my travels to Rwanda and the DRC with Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi | Posted 06.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Women for Women International, Women's Empowerment, Drc, Women, Rwanda, Home News
Zainab Salbi

By Sara Sykes Women for Women International In the Women for Women International headquarters office in Washington DC, I sit in a small office everyd...

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Congo: If Only the World Would Not Look Away - Diary from Oxfam Aid Worker

Louis Belanger | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Oxfam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drc, Humanitarian Aid, Congo, World News
Louis Belanger

Civilians are seen with suspicion by both warring sides, and accused of being collaborators. People had no choice but to leave their villages -- but also had nowhere really safe to go.

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DRC: Nkunda Languishes While Women Are Raped

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Drc, Women, Nkunda, Rape, Exploitation, Human Rights Watch, Joseph Kabila, Bosco Ntaganda, Paul Kagame, Congo, Rwanda, Ken Roth, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is reporting ongoing brutal rapes by Rwandan rebel soldiers and regular Congolese army troops in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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More Natural Resource Conflicts To Come (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Bolivia, Drc, Lithium, Coltan, Resource Conflict, Evo Morales, Green Politics, Electronics, Congo, Green News

Competition for natural resoures often lies at the heart of human conflict, from oil and water in the Middle East to contested coltan in the Democ...

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One Congolese Woman Uses Radio As A Weapon Against Rape

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Vital Voices, Sexual Violence, Rape, Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu, Congo Rape, Drc, Radio, Global Leadership Award, Drc Rape, Congo, Rape in the Congo, Radio Congo, Hillary Clinton, World News
Kelly Nuxoll

As newspapers crumble in the U.S., radio is flourishing in the Congo. It's not a tactic to keep the media in business, however; it's a weapon, and women are the unlikely ones wielding it.

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An Indomitable Spirit Enables Millions Of Bruised And Dispossessed Women To Keep Going, And Succeed (SLIDESHOW)

World Vision | Sue Mbaya, Advocacy Director for Africa | Posted 04.08.2009 | World

Read More: Slideshow, Drc, Congo Rape, World Vision Congo, International Women's Day, World Vision, Gender, World News

I must admit that celebration is not the first sentiment that comes to mind when I think of International Women's Day. When I attended the Beijing Wo...

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Inside A Congolese Displaced Persons Camp: Children Cling To Our Arms, Begging For Human Touch (PHOTOS)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Rape, Children, Disease, Kivu, Goma, War, Refugees, Mugunga II, Slideshow, Congo Photos, Human Rights Congo, Congo, Human Rights, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Australian journalist Helen Thomas was the first to ask the question. "Do you find it hard to believe that we are able to function here and do our wor...

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