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Congo: Time to Send in the Clowns?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.18.2009 | 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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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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Hillary Clinton In Congo To Highlight Horrific Rapes, Other Sexual Crimes

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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KINSHASA, Congo — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Congolese youth to lead nationwide protests against massive c...

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You Are Pretty and I Like You, and I Want to Have Sex with You

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Pennsylvania Gym Gunman, George Sodini Information, Cleaning Lady, Atwar Bahjat Video, Journalist Murder, Goma, La Fitness Gunman, George Sodini Blog, Iraq, Bahjat Attacked, Congo, World News, Home News, La Fitness Shooting, Manhattan, Bahjat Killed, George Sodini Pittsburgh, George Sodini Website, George Sodini Diary, Iraqi Journalist Killed, Murder of Journalist, Atwar Bahjat, Bahjat Murdered, Eridania Rodriguez, Iraqi Tv Crew Killed, Murder, Al Arabiya Journalist Killed in Iraq, La Fitness Gunman George Sodini, Al Arabiya News, George Sodini, Journalist Killed in Iraq, Joseph Pabon, Al Arabiya in Iraq, Male Rape Victims, Living News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

It's time to acknowledge those who endure rape and sexualized violence/ A villain's life becomes all the people he touches/ A rock exploding a thousand grains of sand

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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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Volcanic Eruptions Threaten Beleaguered Eastern Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.09.2009 | World

Read More: Kivu, Goma, War, Humanitraian Disaster, Volcano, Congo, Rwanda, Nyamulagira, Nyiragongo, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

There is absolutely no infrastructure in this part of the world to handle the humanitarian crisis which will occur if a major eruption takes place. Scientists say the eruption "is imminent".

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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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Congo Rebel Faction Holds Landmark Talks With Government

AP | T.J. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

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GOMA, Congo — The leader of a splinter rebel faction in eastern Congo said Friday his forces would stop fighting the government and the two side...

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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
Georgianne Nienaber

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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The Democratic Republic of Congo: "We're on the Run Again"

Bukeni Waruzi | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drc, Congolese Militia, United Nations, Goma, South Kivu, Internally Displaced Persons, Human Rights Abuses, General Laurent Nkunda, Central Africa, Naitonal Congress for the Defense of People, North Kivu, Alliance of Democratic Forces for the LIberation of Congo-Zaire, Congo Kabila, Icc, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC Violence, Genocide, Laurent Kabila, African Union, International Criminal Court, The Hague, Refugees, Rape in Wartime, Uvira, Fizi, Afdl, Zaire, Cndp, Pareco, Politics News
Bukeni Waruzi

The people in eastern Congo are tired; we have been running for more than a decade now. We need to sit down, live in peace and raise our children.

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Congo: "The World Cannot Look Away"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Drc, War, Monuc, United States Elections, Ifj, Journalism, Congo, Nkunda, Goma, Freedom of Press, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) released a statement today warning, "journalists in Democratic Republic of Congo are facing extreme danger."

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