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Surrender of Warlord Ntaganda Will Not Change Life for Millions of Congolese

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2013 | World
Read More: Uganda, Icc, Africa, John Kerry, m23, Goma, Tutsi, Joseph Kabila, Bosco Ntaganda, Media News, Media, African Union, Hague, Congo, Rwanda, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Discontent and violence is everywhere in Congo, but the narrative is extremely complicated, the demands and the names of militias require spreadsheets to understand, and no reporters want to venture deep into rebel territories to investigate the unrest.

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UN Court Acquits Congo Rebel Leader Of War Crimes

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 02.17.2013 | World
Read More: Bruno Cotte, Omar Al-Bashir, Laurent Gbagbo, Mathieu Ngudjolo War Crimes, Human Rights Watch, Bogoro Massacre, Hague, Mathieu Ngudjolo, Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner, Eric Witte, Icc, Mathieu Ngudjolo Congo Rebel, Congo, International Criminal Court, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court acquitted a Congolese militia leader Tuesday of all charges of commanding fighters who...

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War Crimes Tribunal Overturns Convictions Of 2 Croatian Generals

Reuters | Posted 01.15.2013 | World
Read More: War Crimes, Mladen Markac, Ante Gotovina, Hague, War Crimes Sentences Overturned, Reuters, Balkan Wars, Croatian Army, War-Crimes, Hague Tribunal Croatia, World News

AMSTERDAM, Nov 16 (Reuters) - An appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of the most senior Croatian military officer charged with crimes ...

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Congolese Warlord Sentenced To 14 Years For Using Child Soldiers

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 09.08.2012 | World
Read More: War Crimes, Thomas Lubanga, Video, Hague, Child Soldiers, Thomas Lubanga Sentenced, Union of Congolese Patriots, Icc, Congo, Ap, Adrian Fulford, International Criminal Court, World News

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a Congolese warlord to 14 years in jail for using child soldiers — a pun...

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Rio +20: Point Of No Return?

Katherine Marshall | Posted 08.26.2012 | Religion
Read More: Dalai Lama, Sustainable Development, Brahma Kumari, Rabbi Soetendorp, Rio+20, Indigenous Religious, Hague, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

The resonance of these spiritual and moral insights will grow as we move forward and that spiritual arguments will compel action at least as powerfully as the convictions of science.

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Former Liberian President Found Guilty Of War Crimes

AP | Thomas Escritt and Anthony Deutsch | Posted 06.26.2012 | World
Read More: Charles Taylor Convicted, War Crimes, Video, Charles Taylor, Hague, Reuters, Liberia, Charles Taylor Guilty, Charles Taylor War Crimes, Sierra Leone, World News

* Taylor convicted by special court * Rights groups, victims welcome judgment * Sentencing expected next month (Adds...

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Settlement Reached Over Looted Painting

AP | Posted 10.15.2011 | Arts
Read More: Jan Steen, Nazi Looting, Museums, Hague, Looted Jan Steen, Marei Von Saher, Jan Steen Painting, Looted Art, Painting, UK Arts, Hague Museum, The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah, The Hague, Looted Painting, Arts News

AMSTERDAM -- Lawyers for the U.S. heir of a Jewish art dealer who lost many paintings while fleeing the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands say she has...

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Ashley Judd: Please, Population Control is Not the Answer for Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Russia, Ashley Judd, Family Planning, Rape, Population Services International, Children, Midwives, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Kinshasa, Gold, Media, Ngo, Hague, Congo, Diamonds, War Crimes, USA Today, Forced Sterilization, Human Rights, Celebrity, Howard Wolpe, China, Depo-Provera, Eugene Serufuli, James Kabarebe, Rwanda, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Congo's economy is not undermined by "unregulated fertility" rates. Civil society has been destroyed by decades of war and over a hundred years of exploitation of Congo's wealth by international interests.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Russia, India, Warship, Chas Freeman, Freeman, Obama, Iran, Submarine, Nuclear, Brown, Sallai Meridor, Ukraine, Medvedev, Clinton, Gaza, Donors Conference, Billions, Sudan, Cricket, Hague, Washington, Guinea-Bissau, Palestinian National Authority, Assassination, Taliban, Aipac, China, Ambassador, Paksitan, Foreign Affairs, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan's Civil War? Facts: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday and...

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Stop The Fake Outrage: Illinois Gov. Small Change Compared to Bush

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: The Hague, Karl Rove, Rod Blagovech, Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Alberto Gonzales, Warcrimes, Scooter Libby, Hague, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

Yes, there should be headlines that say "Shame!" but this ignorant want-to-be-thug of a governor is a small fish a few states away from the mother of all corrupt ponds, Washington D.C.

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