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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.
Elizabeth Finley

Why the world is ignoring Congo war - 0 views

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    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.
John Verdera

Congo Justice - 0 views

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

How Obama can end Congo conflict - 0 views

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    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.
Lon Halverson

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

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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.
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