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

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

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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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
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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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
Georgianne Nienaber

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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Oxfam : New UN-backed Military Operation in the DRC Likely to Cause Widespread Suffering

Louis Belanger | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations Security Council, Conflict in Congo, Monuc, Oxfam, Humanitarian, Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations, World News
Louis Belanger

The international agency urged all major donor countries to give sufficient attention to the humanitarian crisis, which has been raging since January.

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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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Next Administration Must Address Conflict in Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Conservation Wars, Killing, Resources, Bill Clinton, Virunga Park, War, Proxy Wars, Paul Kagame, Looting, Un, Refugees, Congo, Laurent Nkunda, Monuc, Fotc, Mccain Administration, President Obama, Obama Administration, President McCain, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

The humanitarian crisis in Congo has worsened, with tens if not hundreds of thousands of people displaced. It is time for world leaders to take on this issue and contribute to bringing an end to the conflict.

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