Congo (DRC)

Journée internationale de la Francophonie et Semaine de la langue française et de la Francophonie

Nous sommes le 20 mars 2018 et nous célébrons aujourd’hui la Journée internationale de la Francophonie à travers tout le monde francophone et même au-delà. Nous avons à cette occasion publié un tweet afin d’y associer tous nos amis, partenaires, membres, lecteurs et...

RDC: Concessions reinstated and awarded to Chinese-owned logging companies

In an article (here) published last week by Global Witness about concessions reinstated and awarded to Chinese-owned logging companies, the organization quotes Irene Wabiwa Betoko, Greenpeace Africa Senior Campaign Manager. We are alarmed that the Minister of Environment has illegally...

Valentine’s Day: The Hidden Cost of Jewelry – Jewelers Should Come Clean (HRW)

Each year on February 14th, many people celebrate Valentine’s Day, the day of romance. They exchange cards or gifts with their ‘valentine’. This day is today and it is the perfect occasion to draw attention to a very sensible topic: conflict minerals. This is not new on the...

Kavumu: Child Rapes and Murders Declared Crimes Against Humanity in Landmark Case

The first retweet of 2018 we made is a tweet from our founder Max Dana in which she mentioned the events in Congo: As a new year starts, I'm very concerned by the dire situation of so many people, here and abroad. Current events in #Iran and #DRC are preoccupying. Hard to wish an...

Jacqueline Fall, A psychologist alongside traumatized children in Kavumu (DRC)

Last week during our Human Rights Week, we published a series of posts and one of them was about Congo. We shared with you an article by Darcy Ataman, founder and CEO of Make Music Matter, music producer and guest lecturer at the University of Winnipeg. In The Art of Resilience in the...

The Art of Resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – By Darcy Ataman

This week we celebrate Human Rights Week on The MagkaSama Project and it’s the occasion to highlight the work and events by organizations, foundations and partners we support for a long time. We already mentioned ONU Femmes France and Ornage Day, and also Lighting the Way for Human...

Crumbling Congo – the making of a humanitarian emergency by IRIN

We regularly recommend reports and articles to help you better understand what is at stake in Congo. Today we selected an article by IRIN on the Congo crisis: How did we get here? A look on how a political crisis evolved to a “Level 3” humanitarian emergency. The article...

Demand the Supply: Ranking Consumer Electronics and Jewelry Retail Companies (Enough Project)

Conflict minerals is an important topic we are closely following for a couple of years now as we have been supporting many campaigns and initiatives. Yesterday The Enough Project hosted an activist call to discuss their latest rankings and ways consumers can take action and we of course...

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in Congo

The situation in Congo is not getting any better. Last month Dr Denis Mukwege expressed his concerns regarding the recent events in the country, and the latest report by The Sentry confirmed the critical situation. You can read more in our article on this page (in French). During her...

Situation en RDC : les inquiétudes du Dr Denis Mukwege et le rapport accablant de The Sentry

Le mois dernier nous avons publié un long Edito intitulé : Denis Mukwege et l’avenir de la RD du Congo dans lequel nous vous faisions part de nos inquiétudes (récurrentes) face à la situation économique, sociale et politique dans laquelle s’enlise inexorablement la RDC. Il y...