Congo (DRC)

DR Congo toughest place for mothers, Dhaka, Rios Montt, TEDxKhartoum

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: DR Congo toughest place for mothers, Dhaka, Bangladesh's worst industrial accident; Former leader of Guatemala, Rios Montt convicted of genocide; Sudan shuts TEDx community forum. - DR Congo toughest...

DRC peace plan, Atrocity Prevention Board, Kual Deng Majok

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: U.N. envoy says she sees 'political will' for eastern DRC peace plan; Humanity United, NGOs celebrate first year of Atrocity Prevention Board; Kual Deng Majok killed. - U.N. envoy says she sees...

Syrian child refugees, Fire burns 250 tents in Darfur, Joseph Kony Was Here

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Syrian child refugees in Jordan have no access to school and are forced to work to support their families; Fire burns 250 tents in Darfur IDP camp; Joseph Kony Was Here by Christoph Koettl. - CARE Urges...

Uganda expels ‘rebels’, Babies victims of rape, Carbon bubble

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement has recommended the expulsion of four outspoken members of parliament from the party; Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: U.N. envoy;...

Congo’s Conflict Gold Trade: U.S. Should Sanction Smugglers

In an article posted by Sasha Lezhnev, the Senior Policy Analyst at Enough Project explains why it is the time for the Obama administration to have a major impact and sanction smugglers: This morning the Wall Street Journal published an exposé on the conflict gold trade from eastern...

British peer reveals MI6 role in Lumumba killing

The British intelligence services may have just had one of their best-kept secrets blown: their role in the abduction and assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister whose Pan-African nationalism and pro-Moscow leanings alarmed the West. For...

Nelson Mandela, ‘intervention brigade’ for Congo, Zanu PF

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Paris makes Nelson Mandela honorary citizen, Brigade will join UN peacekeeping force to help defend against rebels in eastern Congo, and Zanu PF Vows to Resist Security Sector Reform. - Paris makes...

Surveys quantify loss of elephants in Africa

If you thought the killing of elephants to feed international ivory markets was old story, you were wrong. In fact, it’s the contrary and the worldwide ban on the ivory trade doesn’t stop the killings as the illegal trade in ivory grows. James Gorman wrote in an article...

DR Congo, Ushahidi, Zimbabwe and Connie Hedegaard

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Clashes in DR Congo, Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award, assault on freedom of expression and access to information in Zimbabwe, and Connie Hedegaard on the United States combating climate change. - DR...

Sign the Starved for Attention campaign, help rewrite the story of malnutrition!

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and VII Photo present “Starved for Attention” a multimedia campaign exposing the neglected and largely invisible crisis of childhood malnutrition. “Starved for Attention” aims to rewrite the story of malnutrition through a...