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U.S. and Rwanda Caught With Diplomatic Pants Down in Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Unhcr, Fardc, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, Human Rights Watch, Fdlr, Refugees, Radio Okapi, Hillary Clinton, Kase Lawal, Rwanda, Conflict Minerals, Goma, Masisi, Smuggling, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Walikale, President Barack Obama, Rape, Congo, Video, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Diplomacy is one thing; enabling is another. It seems Rwanda and the United States have been caught with their diplomatic pants down. Congolese and i...

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Burning, Looting, Rape and "Sad Faces" Provide Virtual Reality in Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations, Fdlr, Fardc, Refugees, Rwanda, Rape Congo, Impact News
Georgianne Nienaber

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Children Dying in Congo and Leaders "Launch Cries of Alarm"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Democratic Republic of Congo, Mwami Lukonga, Mwami, Unicef, Civil Rights, United Nations, Who, Cdc, God, Facebook, Congo, Fdlr, Human Rights, Monusco, Fardc, Mark Zuckerberg, Walikale, Social Networking, Faith, Impact News
Georgianne Nienaber

There is nothing we can do to stop the murderous rebels; nothing we can do to force the incompetent and corrupt president to order his army to protect the "enfants sans defense;" nothing we can do to provide life-giving medicine.

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CONGO: Survey Shows Women and Boys in Increasing Danger in War-Torn Eastern DRC

Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Army, Rape, Conflict, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drc, World, Fdlr, Oxfam, Kinshasa, Fardc, World News
Louis Belanger

Civilians in eastern Congo are facing an increased risk of rape and forced labour as a result of internationally backed military operations against rebel groups.

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Ending the Conflict Minerals Trade

Robert Hormats | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gesi, Tungsten, Conflict Minerals, Drc, Congo, Economic, Robert Hormats, Un Mission in Congo, Prostitution, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Fdlr, Trafficking, Conflict, United Nations, Sgbv, Monuc, Secretary Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rape, Gender Based Violence, Ngos, Eicc, Tin, Tantalum, Fardc, Agricultural Affairs, Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Kabila, President Kabila, Cndp, Under Secretary, Democratic Republic of Congo, Energy, Hillary Clinton, Gdrc, Politics News
Robert Hormats

Huffington Post readers may be surprised to learn that the world's deadliest conflict since World War II is still occurring -- in the Democratic Repub...

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Congolese Groups Demand Ouster of Abusive Army Commander

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-Rape, Violence Against Women, Tutsi, Rape, Women's Issues, Drc, Democratic Republic of Congo, War, United Nations, Fdlr, Colonel Innocent Zimurinda, Bosco Ntaganda, Nyamulagira Volcano, Hrw, Rebel Armies, Gadi Ngabo, Violence Against Children, Heritage Oil, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Monuc, Hillary Clinton, Uganda, Fardc, Hutu, China, Laurent Nkunda, Cndp, Alan Doss, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Fifty Congolese human rights and civil society organizations, along with Human Rights Watch (HRW), lodged a formal complaint today against Colonel In...

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Kabila Says "Peace Before Justice" in DRC; Rebel General Gadi Ready to Fight

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Drc, Uganda, Rape, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Democratic Republic of Congo, War, United Nations, Hutu, Monuc, Nyamulagira Volcano, Rebel Armies, Fdlr, Laurent Nkunda, Violence Against Children, Bosco Ntaganda, Heritage Oil, Cndp, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, China, Alan Doss, Hillary Clinton, Gadi Ngabo, Tutsi, Fardc, Lord's Resistance Army, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Before we discuss the President of Congo's call for peace before justice, consider this. Eastern Congo is a mess. The military situation is so complex...

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Human Rights Watch Damns MONUC in Congo: Leaked UN Internal Memo Supports the Accusations

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr Congo, Rwanda, Nkunda, Maiming, Anneke Von Woudenberg, Monuc, Hrw, Fdlr, Raping, Civilians in War, Fardc, Cndp, Atrocities, Kimia II, Laurent Nkunda, Eve Ensler, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), World News
Georgianne Nienaber

What has happened to the innocent in Congo goes far beyond anything that rational minds can comprehend. Is this why the US has turned such a blind eye to what is happening there?

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Satellite Imagery Proves Catastrophic Failure of Joint Rwanda/Congo Military Exercises

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Rwanda, Rape, Fdlr, Hrw, Joseph Kabila, Fardc, Kimia II, Huffington Post, Umoja Wetu, Truth, American Association of the Advancement of Science, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burning, Cndp, Africom, Hillary Clinton, Laurent Nkunda, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Reported have said that joint military operations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a catastrophic failure. Now satellite imagery of the Busurungi area in North Kivu clearly shows burned villages.

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

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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, Lord's Resistance Army, Laurent Nkunda, 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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Oxfam Testimony from Congo: "We are the Wretched of the Earth; They are Killing Us in the Name of Peace."

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Drc, Fdlr, Jean Bosco Ntaganda, Rape, Kabila, Fardc, Human Rights Watch, Kagame, Twitter, Georgianne Nienaber, Miliraty Failure, Kenneth Roth, Bukavu, Laurent Nkunda, 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 05.25.2011

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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Human Rights Watch Condemns Congolese Army for Atrocities: Kagame Backtracks on Nkunda's Arrest

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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