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Campus concerns and Congo
Seeded on Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:26 AM EDT (The Baltimore Sun)
Global movement in support of the Congo picks up momentum with students in the USA
On the 48th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Emery Lumumba
Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:34 AM EST ()
The Murky Battle for Katanga
Seeded on Thu Jan 8, 2009 12:50 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
As the corporate barons rumble the people die and suffer
INTERVIEW-UN prize winner from Congo laments world hypocrisy
Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:09 AM EST (alertnet.org)
Dr. Mukwege speaks out about the true causes of the conflict in the Congo.
Congo in Crisis: What President Obama Can Do To Right Past Wrongs In US Policy
Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:38 PM EST ()
Lets hope that team Obama takes sound advice upfront so that calamities can be avoided on the back end. Kamable's prescriptions are right on.
Congo Mining Deals Face Delays Amid Struggle With Rebels
Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:03 AM EST (Wall Street Journal)
As war rages look out for questionable mining deals to go through - Business as usual while the people suffer and die.
Challenge for Obama: Renewed Congo Conflict Requires Fresh Approach
Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:01 AM EST (familysecuritymatters.org)
Proper attention and focus to the Congo situation is far overdue. The Obama administration must do right by the people of the Congo especially considering America's unsavory role in the Congo for the past half century.
Nkunda warns Africa as fears grow of wider war on Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:42 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
Nkunda has little or no power. He is an extension of Rwandan policy in the Congo which is supported by the US. The US can stop this war today by letting Rwanda know if they do not stop their intervention in the Congo, their aid will be cut off.
UN says Rwanda tanks fired at Congo on Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Nov 4, 2008 1:07 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
Was there any doubt that Rwanda was involved in the latest crisis in the Congo?
Cell Phone Boycott Protests War in Congo on Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sun Nov 2, 2008 4:50 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
Congo Student Organizes Congo Week October 19 - 25
Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:55 AM EDT (media.ncatregister.com)
Kambale Musavuli organizes Congo Week, October 19 - 25, 2008 see congoweek.org for more information.
UN Congo probes Indian officer over rebel "support"
Seeded on Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:56 PM EDT (alertnet.org)
Study: Wildlife refuges are economic boon to nearby residents, but at cost
Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:17 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Backs U.N. Official in Darfur Indicted in Rwanda Deaths
Seeded on Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:09 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
UNITED NATIONS -- The State Department has urged the United Nations to retain a Rwandan general as the second-highest-ranking U.N.
U.N. criticises "excessive" Congo crackdown on sect
Seeded on Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:52 PM EDT (Reuters)
By Joe Bavier KINSHASA, June 14 (Reuters) - Congolese police killed prisoners and looted homes in an excessively violent crackdown on a shadowy separatist sect this year in which at least 100 people died, U.N. investigators said in a report....
Bemba arrest removes rival to Congo president
Seeded on Sun May 25, 2008 4:29 PM EDT (alertnet.org)
Former congo presidential candidate and vice president arrested for commission of war crimes
VIDEO: Mapping the Congo Basin forests
Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:55 AM EST (alertnet.org)
The video documents the negative effect that commercial logging has on the world's second largest rainforest
What Should President Bush Say About the Congo on His Trip to Africa?
Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:51 PM EST
As president George Bush travels to Africa, the world's attention will be focused on the countries that he visits; Rwanda is one of those countries.
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