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Lon Halverson

Congo Crisis | International Rescue Committee (IRC) - 0 views

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    Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo have caused an estimated 5.4 million deaths since 1998. Most perished from disease and malnutrition. In the Kivus, violence continues to rage with Congolese women and girls suffering increasingly brutal attacks.
John Verdera

Congo Justice - 0 views

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    This is about the Congo and justice that is needed.
Lon Halverson

Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth - 0 views

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    Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth - A short documentary looking at the situation in Central Africa
John Verdera

BBC News | Africa | African famine alert - 0 views

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    Civil war, drought and disease have triggered emergency food shortages in 16 African countries, warns a UN food agency.
Lon Halverson

Congo - Breaking World Congo News - The New York Times - 1 views

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  • Elizabeth Finley on 24 Apr 13
     
    News about Congo, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Highlights From the Archives Despite years of experience and billions of dollars, the peacekeeping force still seems to be failing at its task of protecting civilians.
Lon Halverson

Congo Guide -- National Geographic - 1 views

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  • Elizabeth Finley on 24 Apr 13
     
    A guide to Congo with articles, photos, facts, videos, and news from National Geographic.
John Verdera

Child Soldiers International - Democratic Republic of Congo - 0 views

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    Armed conflict in the DRC involving the national army and a range of Congolese and foreign armed groups has continued mostly in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu since the war officially ended in 2002. All fighting forces have unlawfully recruited boys and girls and have used them in hostilities including, although not only, as fighters.
Lon Halverson

World Relief - Congo Crisis - 0 views

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Congo Crisis

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    A print ready bulletin insert is available for you to include in your weekly bulletin so the members of your congregation can have the information they need to make a difference this season. Notes are available that provide background information on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and World Relief's work there.
John Verdera

Child soldiers on front lines of Congo conflict - World - CBC News - 0 views

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    A resurgence of violence in Congo reached a pinnacle this week as M23 rebel fighters seized Goma and a nearby international airport, increasing widespread concerns amongst humanitarian organizations that some of those fighting on the front lines are child soldiers.
John Verdera

Jolie meets with women in Congo - 0 views

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    Angelina Jolie is meeting with women and girls in eastern Congo, where sexual violence is rampant. Jolie, a special envoy for the UN refugee agency, traveled to the Nzulo camp near Goma on Monday along with British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Gabrielle Brooks

The problem with Congo is not M23, but the leadership | The Rwanda Focus - 0 views

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    Early this week, authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo abruptly decided to close during the night two border posts normally used by thousands, mainly cross-border traders operating in the towns of Goma (Eastern DRC) and Gisenyi sector in Rubavu District on the Rwandan side.
Elizabeth Finley

How Obama can end Congo conflict - 0 views

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  • Elizabeth Finley on 30 Apr 13
     
    In November 2012 the M23 group besieged Goma, the regional capital of Congo's eastern province of North Kivu. The violence forced tens of thousands of Congolese out of their homes. Here, people flee the town of Sake, 26km west of Goma, on November 22, 2012.
Gabrielle Brooks

Conflict Minerals | RAISE Hope for Congo - 0 views

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  • Gabrielle Brooks on 30 Apr 13
     
    For more than a century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been plagued by regional conflict and a deadly scramble for its vast natural resources. In fact, greed for Congo's natural resources has been a principal driver of atrocities and conflict throughout Congo's tortured history.
Lon Halverson

Victims of the Congo's killing fields - Developing World Stories - Tom Parry - Mirror.c... - 0 views

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Congo Stories

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    Clutching her only surviving child, grieving mum Dusabe Canta reveals the shocking truth of Congo's civil war. As she describes the massacre that tore her family apart, international development secretary Douglas Alexander - on a visit to the troubled African state - is visibly shaken.
Elizabeth Finley

Why the world is ignoring Congo war - 0 views

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  • Elizabeth Finley on 30 Apr 13
     
    The M23 rebel group is fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo military for control of the country, and the violence is driving tens of thousands of Congolese out of their homes. Here on November 22, thousands fled the town of Sake and headed east to the camps for displaced in the village of Mugunga.
Gabrielle Brooks

Democratic Republic of Congo - 0 views

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    Photo by Meher Ali / MONUC MONUC peacekeepers and FARDC troops conducting operations at Kengelu in Ituri Violence has plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since its emergence from Belgian colonial rule in 1960.
Gabrielle Brooks

Major problems facing DR Congo today - 0 views

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    Democratic Republic of Congo or DR Congo is a war torn Central African country bordering the republic of Sudan to the north, The republics of Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda in the east, The republics of Zambia and Angola to the south and the Atlantic ocean to the west with about 37km coastline.
Lon Halverson

Congo Adoptions from the Democratic Rebuplic of the Congo - A Love Beyond Borders, Denv... - 0 views

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    The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is quickly becoming recognized as a wonderful option for families looking to grow their families through adoption. The DRC has about 4.2 million orphan children due to significant poverty, death of one or more parents by HIV/AIDS, war and famine.
Gabrielle Brooks

The Democratic Republic of Congo - Global Issues - 0 views

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  • Gabrielle Brooks on 30 Apr 13
     
    This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Media coverage is poor and yet there have been millions of refugees and over five million killed since the war began around August 1998.
Elizabeth Finley

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