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Georgianne Nienaber

The Stones of the Golden Women: Requiem for Tsunamis Past and Present

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: American Samoa, Natural Disaster, Indonesia, Tsunami, Hiroshima, Earthquake, Georgianne Nienaber, Samoa, Stones of the Golden Women, A-Bomb, Pen, Khwaiyun Lukjan, Kurotaro Kurosaka, Moken, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

The conference on Culture and Natural Disaster was named "Screamed, Survived, Start Anew." A Thai novelist narrated his description of the tsunami of December 26, 2004.

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Congo: Time to Send in the Clowns?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Clowns Without Borders, Rape, Radio Maendeleo, Delphie Namuto, United Nations, Jolly Kamuntu, Goma, Joseph Kabila, IDP Camps, Radio Okapi, Unhcr, North Kivu, Doctors Without Borders, Caddy Adzuba, Georgianne Nienaber, DRC Violence, Hillary Clinton, State Department, Refugees, Jane Trahey, Reporters Without Borders, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Committee to Protect Journalists, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Congolese president Joseph Kabila paved the way for a troupe of Spanish Clowns, while thugs and militia rule the Kivus and truth-seeking journalist are threatened.

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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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Stop "Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals": Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Women, Africom, Rape, Andrea Mitchell, Goma, War, Foreign Service, Global Research, Internally Displaced Persons, Georgianne Nienaber, Media, Ngo, Media Distortions, Msnbc, Chidren, Mugunga I, Think Tanks, Embedded Journalists, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Hillary Clinton, Office of Inspector General, State Department, Usaid, Citizen Journalists, Af, Oig, Obama, Community Organizing, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern 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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Hillary Clinton in Congo: Tempers, Human Rights, and Media Cliché

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Uganda, Mugunga I, Georgianne Nienaber, New York Times, Kabila, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, War, Chilren, Radio Okapi, Refugees, Mugunga II, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Media reports of Hillary Clinton's visit to Congo have so far focused on her testy remark to a Congolese student. But what about human rights and continuing corruption in the Kabila government?

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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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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
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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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North Country Blues: Michael Jackson, Media, Community, and a Small Town Murder

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Murder, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Pequot Lakes, Dru Sjodin, Garrison Keillor, Community, Memory, Georgianne Nienaber, Alfoso Rodriguez, Media, God, Sexoffender, Minnesota, Congo, Death, Living News
Georgianne Nienaber

It seemed as though Jackson chose his own path to death while there are so many others who are literally thrown into the Grim Reaper's grip like carrion to the wolves.

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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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Music Video On A Shoestring: Heat Stroke, Heart and Social Media to the Rescue

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Atlanta, Ticketmaster, Linda Bolley, Herman Put Down the Gun, Youtube, Indie Music, Musicians, Georgianne Nienaber, Music, Sonia Tetlow, Facebook, Paul Sanchez, MySpace Music, Lee Kennedy, Echomusic, Media News
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In today's atmosphere of music industry giants swallowing the little Indie guys, a little band from Atlanta proves that all it takes is heart to produce art and great PR.

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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
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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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Mary Chapin Carpenter Returns to the Stage and Talks about Eudora Welty, Inspiration, and Bonding

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kate Campbell, Literature, Eudora Welty, Art, Souhthern Women, Entertainment, Nobel Prize Literature, Southern Writers, Jackson Mississippi, Folk Music, Georgianne Nienaber, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Caroline Herring, Claire Holley, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

Five-time Grammy winner, Mary Chapin Carpenter is still raving about the experience she had performing with Kate Campbell, Claire Holley and Caroline Herring at the Eudora Welty Centennial Concert.

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Eddie's Attic: Singer/Songwriter Ellis in Full Bloom in Atlanta

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Zen, Pema Chodron, Atlanta, Songwriter, Singer, Eddie's Attic, Folk Music, Ellis-Music, Ellis, Decatur, Georgianne Nienaber, Atlanta-Georgia, Entertainment News
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Check out Eddie's Attic if you are in Atlanta. If you live anywhere on this planet, find Ellis's performance schedule and locations.

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Ivory's Ghosts: White Gold and the Fate of the Elephant

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: South Africa, Cites, Africa, Ivory Trade, Elephants, Poaching, Culling, Georgianne Nienaber, Kenya, Jihn Frederick Walker, Kruger Park, Anthony Pellicano, Animals, Zimbabwe, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of the Elephants is a meticulous examination of the allure of ivory that reads like a novel and is impossible to put down.

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Ben Affleck Reports From Congo

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Laurent Nkunda, Ben Affleck, Slideshow, Ben Afflect Congo, Georgianne Nienaber, Time Ben Affleck, Congo, World News

Ben Affleck has written an essay for TIME about his trips to Congo and the devastating conflict there. The picture of the eastern region of the Demo...

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Exclusive Interview: Congo Rebel Leader Accused Of War Crimes Tells His Story (SLIDESHOW)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nkunda, Laurent Nkunda, Rape in Congo, Goma, Ntaganda, Bosco Ntaganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Cndp, National Congress for the Defense of the People, Slideshow, Slideshow Congo Rebel, Rebel Leader in Congo, Georgianne Nienaber, Nienaber Congo, Ntaganda Cndp, Helen Thomas Nkunda, World News
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Congo rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda has been accused by human rights organizations of ordering his troops to rape and murder civilians and pilla...

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