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Eastern Congo: "We are Forced to Flee Every Two Months"

Peter Biro | Posted 12.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: North Kivu, International Rescue Committee, South Kivu, Mungote Camp, Irc, Slideshow, Mount Nyamulagira, Congo, Impact News
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"Many people were killed in the crossfire," Ruti says, as she escorts me to her makeshift shelter. "I saw bodies lying dead in the street. The only thing I managed to bring with me was a frying pan. "

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Looking Beyond Somalia's Pirates And Into Kenya's Refugee Camps (SLIDESHOW)

International Rescue Committee/HuffPost Contributor | Joanne Offer | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Slideshow, Somalia Pirates, United Nations, International Rescue Committee, United Nations Africa, Dabaab Kenya, Kenya Refugee Camps, Somali Refugees, Irc, Dabaab, Kenya Refugees, Kenya, Africa, Somalia Islamic Insurgents, Dabaab Camps, Somalia, Islamic Insurgents, Somali Government, Somali Refugees Kenya, World News

I'm going to hazard a guess. If I mention Somalia, you'll think of warlords and pirates. Because that's what the media headlines have highlighted. Wha...

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Fighting Child Labor, Trafficking In Liberia (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post Contributor | Emily Holland, International Rescue Committee | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: Child Labor, Slideshow, Child Labor Liberia, Child Trafficking, Child Labor Africa, International Rescue Committee, Africa, Liberia, Irc, Child Trafficking Liberia, Child Trafficking Africa, World News

Colonel Richard Gonkarnue has one of the toughest jobs in Nimba County, Liberia: to combat child labor and trafficking at one of several checkpoints ...

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Kenya: One Year After Elections Unleashed Brutal Violence, How Is The Country Coping? (Slideshow)

Joanne Offer | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

Read More: Slideshow, Africa, Violence in Kenya, Kenya, Kenya One Year Anniversary, International Rescue Committee, Irc, Kenya Elections, December 2007 Kenya, World News
Joanne Offer

It's almost a year since Kenya went from being known as a land of big cats and safaris to a country beset by brutal mob violence; a place where a church full of worshipers could be set ablaze.

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