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Cannibalism: 1 ) Congo warriors turning to cannibalism2 ) DRC's cannibalism is rooted in superstition3) Chaos and cannibalism under Congo's bloody skies 4) Cannibalism in Congo: UN begins investigation5) Cannibalism in DR Congo: Zainabo's agony 6) The truth behind the cannibals of Congo7) DRC: MONUC confirms cannibalism in Mambasa, Mangina 8) Cannibalism case is ICC’s first 9) Cannibalism Trial Starts Cannibalism Trial Starts 10) 'These freaks are now out of control' 11) Congolese Bishop Condemns Acts of Cannibalism 12) Cry 4 the Congo (video) 13) Lawyers challenge DR Congo charges (video) 14) Cannibalism shock as Congo atrocities revealed
Che Guevara in Congo: 1) Retracing Che Guevara's Congo footsteps 2) True story of Che Guevara- (90 min video)- Jul 1, 2007 3) Che Guevara's War-Cry Still Resounds in Congo 4) Che Guevara in the Congo: Another Look 5) Che Guevara 6) Che Guevara's Exploits in the Congo 7) Che Guevara's involvement in the Congo 8)Congo/ Che 9) From Cuba to Congo,Dream to Disaster for Che Guevara
Child Soldiers: 1)Former child soldiers return to their families 2) Demobilise child soldiers, free minors held by military courts, says MONUC 3) Thousands of youth risk forced recruitment into militia 4) Recruitment of Children into Militias Skyrockets in Congo5) Child Soldiers Recall Learning Lessons of War Instead of the Classroom 6) SUMMARY7) ABDUCTION AND RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN 8) FORCED RECRUITMENT 9) DEMOBILIZATION OF CHILDREN 10) Child soldiers : Skipping childhood 11) Children Fight Congo's Wars 12) Girl soldiers face rejection 13) Rebels told me I had to kill’ 14) A Duty to Protect (video) 15) Congo warlord denies war crimes 16) Boys on the last line of defense for embattled village 17) Over 200 children pulled from armed groups in DR Congo, UN says 18) People & Power - Child soldiers - 22 Jun 08 (video) 19) Traumatized child soldiers return home in Congo 20) Stolen kids turned into terrifying killers 21) Girls less likely than boys to be freed from DR Congo’s ranks of child soldiers – UN 22) INVISIBLE CHILDREN NEED RESCUE 23) Militias Continue to Press-gang Children 24) Children will be released from armed forces and groups in the East 25) Children of Conflict (video) 26) DR Congo: First Person - Life as a Child Soldier 27) UN chief urges action against child soldiers 28) The Implications of MONUC's Withdrawal on Child Soldiering in the DRC
Corruption: 1)DR Congo: Corruption Hinders Development 2) Corruption/ DRC 3) Petty corruption is perhaps the biggest problem in Democratic Republic of Congo/seeing the wood for the trees 4) Gobal Issues:DRC 5)War and corruption keep Congo tottering 6) USAID's Strategy in DR Congo 7) USAID:Rebuilding/DRC page 195.8) Project fraud and corruption reported in DR Congo 9) DR Congo: Corruption Hinders Development 10) Corruption in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 11) The Congo's blood metals 12) DRC cancels timber deals 13) Deadly Legacy: U.S. Arms to Africa and the Congo War 14) Guns and gems clash in DR Congo 15) Mining a mint in eastern DR Congo 16) Companies accused of fuelling Congo conflict 17) The new blood diamonds? 18) Conflict Minerals Under Study in US Congress 19) Congo Resource Wars 20) Global Witness urges governments to act on findings of UN experts' report on DRC 21) Congo Connection - Congo (video) 22) Jason Strearns' Congo Blog (current updates) 23) Following the Mineral Trail: Congo Resource Wars and Rwanda 24) Europe asked to guard against conflict-resources from Africa 25) Group Says DRC Mines Falling Into New Corrupt Hands 26) Mines’ harsh human toll is no deep, dark secret 27) Conflict Minerals: ITRI Supply Chain Initiative Fails To Address Major Issues 28) The Vile Scramble for Loot: How British corporations are fuelling war in the DR Congo 29) Steal This Country 30) 4 Ways to Help Congo Escape the Cycle of Plunder 31) UN Security Council must act to stop mineral trade fuelling Congo war 32) Congo Minerals Provision Becomes Part of Financial Bill (USA) 33) CONGO GOLD EPISODE OF ‘60 MINUTES’ (video) 34) Monitoring Conflict Minerals: Who's Accountable?
Crimes Against Humanity: 1) DR Congo war crimes suspect in custody of international court 2) Court examines DR Congo 'crimes' 3) Congolese Warlord Faces ICC Charges Amid Setbacks to First Trial 4) Crimes of War Project 5) D.R. Congo: War Crimes in Bukavu 6) When the Unacceptable Becomes Normal 7) International Criminal Court's investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity a major step forward 9) International Non-governmental Commission of Inquiry into the Massive Violations of Human Rights Committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Former Zaire) 1996-1997 12) Sexual violence against women in DR Congo amounts to war crime: UN expert 13) War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity 14) D.R. CONGO 15) Ex-child soldier recalls Congo war atrocities 16) UN envoy visits scene of Congo massacre 17) DR Congo war crimes trial begins 18) Ex-DRC leader on war crimes charges 19) Rape death of girl, 3, highlights 'barbarism' in DR Congo: UN 20) "You Will Be Punished"(183 pages) 21) DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity" 22) 2009 Human Rights Report: Democratic Republic of the Congo (US State Dept.) 23) Anneke Van Woudenberg (HRW) 24) PeaceTalks: Anneke Van Woudenberg Of Human Rights Watch On The Crisis In The Congo (podcast) 25) The Grotesque Vocabulary in Congo 26) Patterns of sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: reports from survivors presenting to Panzi Hospital in 2006 27) 2009 Human Rights Report: DRC (special attention) 28) Victims of Rights Violations Turn Their Eyes to Kampala 29) 'Rape in war is deliberate military strategy'
Culture: 1) Culture of DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2) EXPLORE THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 3) Culture: Congo (Democratic Republic) 4) Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo culture 5) Mercy Corps (type in DR Congo) 6) IRIN Africa-DRC 7) On-Line Resources Related to Democratic Republic of Congo 8) Tribes in the Congo 9) Congo, DR network 10)DR Congo/Africare 11) Stanford/Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC (links) 12) Sciibd: Congo (links) 13) Nat. Geographic/ Travel/ DRC 14) Congo's fashionable disguise daily toil 15) Languages of Democratic Republic of the Congo 16) congokin (information gateway) 17) Congo hopes new museum can heal nation's scars 18) African film up for a Palme d'Or 19) US State Depart./ Congo (Kinshasa) 20) Documentary about disabled musicians gets critics singing its praises in Cannes
Death Count: 1) Death Tolls for the Major Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century 2) DR of Congo emergency costs 1,200 lives a day 3) Congo crisis is world's deadliest - survey 4) Hunger reaps a grim toll in Congo 5) Congo: an everyday story of horror and grief 6) A conflict which costs more than 31,000 lives every month 7)4 million dead in Congo 8) Thousands die from DR Congo war 9) Inside Congo, An Unspeakable Toll 10) Chaos in Congo still taking toll on children 11) Congo's 3.9 m victims make it deadliest crisis for 60 years 12) Horror of Congo's forgotten war (2008.03.27 video): 5.4 million dead. 13) The Congo: 5.4 million dead (video) 14) Congo’s Death Rate Unchanged Since War Ended 15) Congo’s killing fields worse than Holocaust 16) Huge death toll in Congo 17) Another humanitarian crisis, another war - but no U.S. 18) Surveys Indicate Mammoth Toll 19) 700 kids die per day in DRC 20) War, malnutrition leave many parents in Congo with more dead children than living ones 21) Congo pastor loses 9 out of 10 children in war 22) Death by Gadget 23) The bleak calculus of Congo’s war without end
Economy and Job creation: 1) UN report on illegal resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [parts] 16 October 2002 2) Rwanda's illegal resource exploitation 3) Uganda's illegal resource exploitation 4) Govt and Zimbabwean illegal resource exploitation 5)Mineral smuggling is costing the DRC millions6) Ignoring Congo's plight 7) Congolese shock at 'fat cat' pay 8) Food insecurity prevails in east and north, aid agencies say 9) Congo's tin men 10) Global Policy Forum: DRC 11) DRC's Economic War 12) "Mining crisis" in DRC's Katanga province 13) IMF:Democratic Republic of the Congo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 14) Congo's riches fuel its war 15) Special Report: China Invades Africa 16) Exile and patriotism – Who will rebuild DR Congo? 17) Managing the 'curse' of natural resources: charter offers guide for politicians 18) Slowdown blights DR Congo economy 19) Congo: Thousands of miners could face poverty 20) DR Congo external debt unsustainable without relief: IMF 21) DR Congo inflation at 74 pct 23) Congo’s miners get a raw deal in the gold quest 24) Price Monitoring and Analysis Country Brief: DR Congo, February 2010 25) DRC: Inflation falls down to 31% 26) Congo customs snag will not affect debt review -IMF 27) Congo Plans Oil Pipeline From Central Basin to Atlantic in 2015 28) Withdrawal of UN could set DRC on fire 29) France losing Africa to China 29) On Wars Over Minerals/ Conflicting priorities 30) Zambia, DRC to sign trade agreement
Education: 1) Schools raided as children are press-ganged into Congo conflict 2) Child kidnap 'surge' in DR Congo 3) North Kivu Humanitarian Situation 4) No books, no peace, but Congo schools open 5) War Child International: Rebuilding schools in the Congo 6) RESPECT International 7) Muyisa Orphanage D.R.Congo 8) Children fight on in Congo's war 9) Directory of Medical Schools in Democratic Republic of the Congo 10) 'We need the roads, hospitals and schools fixed' 11) United Methodist Schools in Congo follow the national curriculum required by the government.12) Congo teachers demand fair wages 13) Education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 14) Pulling for better schools in DR Congo 15) UNOPS:Building schools in DR Congo 16) USAID:INVESTING IN PEOPLE: EDUCATION 17) DR Congo: These children are at school, but they get no education 18) INHEA: History of Higher Education 19) Thousands of schools closed in eastern DR Congo 20) KASANDO SCHOOL PROJECT 21) In DR Congo, counselling and education heal the invisible wounds of war 22) Low enrollment rates prompt efforts to invest in education in DR Congo 23) Congo Mission in Action 24) Education under Attack 2010 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo 25) UNICEF: Education crisis in DR Congo (video) 26) Primary Education for All: Out of Reach for Congo's Children? 27) Lubumbashi Children Drift Back to the Street
Environment: 1) Likasi residents told to avoid radioactive river 2) Forest Elephants on a Road to Ruin 3) Robbing the Rain Forest 4) DR Congo's hippos face extinction 5) On DR Congo's ivory trail 6) Wildlife expert persuades notorious rebel army to join fight to save rare white rhino 7) Pygmy chimpanzees on the brink of extinction 8) DR Congo volunteers help give back to nature 9) Geography and Environment: Congo (Democratic Republic) 10) ENVIRONMENT:Pollution Takes a Backseat in Congo 11) Carving Up the Congo (video) 12) Congo's "conflict charcoal" 13) The Amazing Congo River 14) Congo Connection - Congo (video) 15) Gorillas, Elephants And Logging In Congo 16) Congo DR Forest Figures 17) The importance of African Rain Forests to the world 18) First-Ever Landscape-Wide Study of Elephants and Great Apes 19) A young man's dream to catch a goliath tigerfish comes true 20) DR Congo: Fighting Crop Disease in Conflict Area 21) In Congo forest, bushmeat trade threatens Pygmies
 
Feminist issues in Congo: 1) Rape in the Congo 2) DR Congo: Hell on earth - systematic rape in Eastern Congo 3) ATROCITIES AGAINST WOMEN WIDESPREAD IN CONGO WAR4) NGO In Congo Says Pornography Contributing To Atrocities 5) Women in Congo - Weapons of War (video) 6) African Feminist Forum statement on the United Nations Reform 7) Women for Women International 8) Women for Women: What we do 9) Women left for dead—and the man who’s saving them 10) WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS 11) DR Congo Country Director for Women for Women International (video) 12) The Atrocities Committed Against Women and Girls in the Congo Defy Imagination 13) UN chief urges: End violence against women 14) An apathetic, greedy west has abandoned war-torn Congo 15) Eve Ensler Calls for Rape-Free Cellphones 16) Human rights group raises alarm over Congo rapes 17) From ‘Oprah’ to Building a Sisterhood in Congo 18) Rape-camps lurk in the history of your gadgets 19)16 Days of Activism: The forgotten victims of conflict in the Congo 20) DR Congo: Women “prisoners” in their own homes 21) Forced recruitment of child soldiers in DRC 22) Tortured And Raped In The Congo 23) We're All Raping the Congo, One Cell Phone Call at a Time 24) Children of Conflict (video) 25) Congo Connection - Congo (video) 26) My Journey To Report On THe Horrors And The Hope In The Congo (also see ) Catherine Corpeny/ search results 27) Run for Congo Women 28) U.N.'s Wallstrom Says Congo Will Be Her First Stop (impunity) 29) DR Congo: Women backed by MONUC in their quest for equality 30) Campaign to fight social stigma of sexual violence 31) Mothers in Congo get help in raising children of rape 32) Haunted by Congo rape dilemma 33) DRC women ask for AU force 34) Congo war leaves legacy of sexual violence against women
 
Fistula: 1) War Against Women 2) “Not Women Anymore…” 3) DRC: Healing the wounds of war at Panzi Hospital, South Kivu 4) Women left for dead—and the man who’s saving them 5) The stigma of rape in Eastern DR Congo 6) Treating Fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo (video) 7) Violence Against Women: No Crime More Brutal 8) DR Congo fistulae (video) 9) Clinton decries rapes in Congo 10) Rape with Extreme Violence: The New Pathology in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo 11) The Fistula Foundation
Genocide Prevention: 1)Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (an information gateway) Notice: special attention: this is an important site 2) Genocide 3) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 4) Prevention, "Mental Health" & Human Nature 5) Genocide Prevention Task Force Releases Report 6) Prevent Genocide International 7) Prevention of Genocide Act of 1988 (USA) 8) Learn more about genocide and how to prevent it 9) Voices on Genocide Prevention 10) Google Video: Genocide Prevention (results) 11) Holocaust Education: Nizkor Project (very important site) 12) Web Site Search Results: DRC 13) US Congress panel accuses Turkey of Armenian 'genocide' 14) Books › ""genocide prevention"" Note: see Links page #115 for more "genocide prevention" 15) Human Rights / UN 16) Human Rights Web 17) U.S. says state aggression issues could undermine ICC 18) Time to Celebrate! A Victory on Conflict Minerals
Government:1) Incumbent Declared Winner in Congo Vote 2) The decentralisation law is the priority of priorities 3) New DR Congo constitution adopted 4) New DR Congo constitution backed 5) Interim government named in DR Congo 6) Final Congolese Peace Deal Signed in S. Africa 7) DRC: Government, rebels agree on military posts 8) Congo Votes in Its First Multiparty Election in 46 Years 9) Congo convenes first free parliament in 40 years 10) DR of Congo: New UN report documents abuses by police and army troops11) The International Dimensions of the Congo Crisis 12) No award for African leadership 13) Chief of State and Cabinet Members DRC 14) Congo: The Broken Heart of Africa - 04 Dec 06 - Part 1(video),Congo: The Broken Heart of Africa - 04 Dec 06 - Part 2 (video)15) The Undemocratic Republic of Congo - Congo (video) 16) CONGO-KINSHASA: MONUC exit is probable, but premature17) Lawyers challenge DR Congo charges (video) 18) USA Embassy/ DR Congo 19) DR Congo govt backs UN force's exit 20) Demands that UN peacekeepers leave Congo draw protest even from fierce critics of the UN 21) Report of the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (13 to 16 May 2010) 22) Government involvement in DR Congo killing likely: UN expert 23) Kabila calls for moral revolution in DR Congo
Health:1) The difference between life and death 2) "The Congo has 10 dentists for 56 million people" 3) Kinshasa doctors demand overdue wages 4) Mass measles vaccinations are effective at early signs of outbreak 5) Terror of starvation grips the Garden of Eden 6) Congo Violence Creates Medical Crisis7) Neenah doctor helps reshape lives in Africa 8) Democratic Republic of Congo:Field News MSF 9) Congo Bio Med 10) Dikembe Mutombo (video) 11) DR Congo: Hidden epidemic of starvation and disease plagues smallest victims 12) Ebola kills two more in DRC 13) Health topics/WHO 14) DRC: Deadly meningitis hits Kisangani 15) Congo Surgeon Trains in Burn Treatment at Rambam 16) Why Give a Damn about Congo? (video) 17) Child Action Initiative/ Community of Hope 18) Congo bishop: Nets, wells saving lives
History: 1)The history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—Kinshasa 2) King Leopold's Soliloquy by Mark Twain 3) The Congo and Coasts of Africa by Richard Harding Davis 4) Pioneers in Congo by Sheppard, William Henry, 1865-1921 5) Congo History by Nigel Rolland 6) The Belgian Congo, reservoir of the allies (1942) by Arthur Wauters 7) CONGO DISASTER (1961) by COLIN LEGUM 8) The Congo Rebellion (1964) 9) Internet Archives search results: Congo 10) Congo: a brief background history 11) Congo Connection - Congo (video) 12) Demystifying the Congo (video) 13) Secrets of The CIA - Congo (video) 14) US STATE DEPT: DRC Background 15) Congo's 50 years of utter misery 16) In pictures: The DR Congo at 50 17) DR Congo marks 50 years of freedom from Belgian colonial rule 18) DRC marks 50 years of independence 19) From the archive, 1 July 1960: Congo festivities marred
HIV/AIDS: 1) The U.S. Agency for International Development : DRC/ HIV/AIDS 2) Rape cases up by 60 percent in North Kivu 3) Almost a million children orphaned by Aids in the Congo 4) MSF introduces ARV treatment in Bukavu 5) Congo's HIV/AIDS epidemic intensified by systematic rape 6) The HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women 7) Mudimuishi: combating HIV/AIDS in DR Congo 8) WHO: HIV/AIDS/ DRC 9) DR Congo: Volunteers help children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 10) HIV/AIDS estimates: DRC 11) HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 12) The Hub: HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 13) The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 14) University of California, San Francisco/ HIV/AIDS 15) Estimated number of people needing antiretroviral therapy (0-49 years), 2005 16) 2010 HIV in Humanitarian Situations 17) D.R. CONGO HIV AIDS (MONUC) (video) 18) HEAL Africa: HIV/AIDS 19) 2010 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 20) Sexual Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo exacerbates national AIDS epidemic
Infrastructure: roads,bridges, rail, electricity,water 1) Beyond historic elections, one of the worst humanitarian crises 2) Transport Minister Fired in DRC After Deadly Plane Crash 3) Africa Infrastructure Conference 4) Congo waits sceptically for the lights to come on 5) Road means trade, security, perhaps even democracy for eastern Congo 6) Rebuilding Congo's Railroad 7) Congo river reopens to trade 8) EU aviation agency bans 83 African airlines 9) On a wing and a prayer10) U.S. School Buses Get 2nd Life in Congo 11) Transport in the DR Congo 12) EXPLORE THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 13) The Boat - DRC (video) 14) In the Heart of Africa, Darkness 15) 90 People Dead After Boat Sinks on Lake in Congo 16) MTN May Buy ZTE’s 51% Stake in Congo Phone Venture 17) Kabila's Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo (video) 18) World Bank Funding Helps Kinshasa Double its Drinking Water Distribution Capacity 19) MSF starts work in the 'hunger prison', Bunia, DRC 20) DR Congo National Road No. 2 21) Wikitravel: DRC 22) Congo’s roads of ruin 23) Truck drives off bridge killing 33 in DRC 24) Power project collapses
Justice: victums, judges, police:1) Progress has been very disappointing bringing sexual violence perpetrators to justice 2) Congo Militia Leader Faces First ICC Trial In March 3) Military Court Trials Worry Rights Activists 3) South Kivu: 4,500 sexual violence cases in the first six months of this year alone (July 27, 2007) 4) Arbour: I'm encouraged by the mobilization of civil society in the fight against impunity 5) DR Congo's towns besieged by rapists 6) DR Congo's justice for sale 7) DR Congo official ran death gang 8) Rape, brutality ignored to aid Congo peace 9) THE FAILURE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM10) Hundreds executed after Kabila killed 11) Confronting Impunity12) Justice for Horrific Crimes Needed13) Prosecuting the most serious crimes 14) DRC: High death rates in prisons due to malnutrition 15) War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo 16) DRCongo’s landmark basic law formally adopted 17) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 18) DR Congo's Bemba accused of rape 19) Warlord 'press-ganged children' in Congo 20) MONUC supports capacity building course for the DRC military justice system 21) DR Congo: Militia Leader Guilty in Landmark Trial22) DR Congo passes amnesty law for eastern rebels 23) MONUC assists Congolese justice in trying massive rape cases at Lieke Lesole 24) DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity" 25) The haunted history of DR Congo (video) 26) United States Department of State (Washington, DC) Congo-Kinshasa: 2009 Human Rights Report: DRC 27) MSF starts work in the 'hunger prison', Bunia, DRC 28) The rape of Congo 29) American Bar Association: DRC 30) 600 Congolese police personnel receive training in child rights 31) Margot Wallström reaffirms her commitment to the fight against sexual violence in the DRC 32) UN trains Congolese ex-fighters in policing 33) Congolese Activiists Call for International Tribunal in DRC 34) DR.Congo police chief admits role in murder: source 35) Second DR Congo court orders execution for Norwegians 36) DRC: Getting away with rape 37) Congo Police Move to Combat Violence Against Women
Militia: 1) 'Magic water' militia fuel Congo terror 2) U.N.: Congolese Rebels Practicing Cannibalism 3) 'Mad Max' militia roam streets 4) MASSACRE IN DRC; VICTIMS' BODY PARTS USED AS CHARMS 5) Rwandan Hutus spread terror in Congo 6) D.R. Congo: Executions, Torture by Armed Groups in Ituri 7) Human Rights Abuses of Civilians by Armed Groups 8) DRC: UN troops break up militia camp in Ituri 10) Militia's reign of terror comes to an end in DR Congo 11) Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader 12) UN: 6 militias killed in Congo fighting 13) DR Congo Hutu gunmen 'on rampage' 14) Kabila's Eastern Alies - DRC (video) 15) Rwandan Rebels (video) 16) Uganda captures rebel commander 17) DR Congo: Brutal Rapes by Rebels and Army 18) Group: Civilians under attack in northern Congo 19) DRC-UGANDA: LRA torture of civilians continues 20) DRC: Militias causing increased havoc in northeast 21) DR Congo: MONUC responds to NGO concerns over FDLR reprisals 22) DR Congo: Ex-LRA captives speak of "devil's" army 23) U.N. Report: From Bad to Worse in War-Torn Congo 24) UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries 25) Congo Rebels - DRC(video) 26) Tourist vs. Rebels (video) 27) DR Congo's conflicts that refuse to end 28) Trail of Death/ LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo 28) DR Congo rebel massacre of hundreds is uncovered (video) 29) Crisis in DR Congo/ Rebel War 30) Uganda: Lord's Resistance Army steps up frequency and brutality of attacks 31) DR Congo: New Round of LRA Killing Campaign 32) Fifty years on, DRC still lacks stability
Mining: 1) Agencies Pressure DRC Commission to Publish Mining Review 2) Mining Boom in DRC Boosts Fortunes of State-Owned Gecamines 3) Leaders of Africa's copper, cobalt heavyweights discuss trade 4) DRC mining association to be established in 2007 5) Mining Offers Potential, and Challenges, for Congo 6) Chinese demand boosts DR Congo mines 7) Diamond Mining and Conflict 8) Global Issues :DRC 9) MINING NEWSLETTER: DRC 10) THE MINERALS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 11) Mining for Bling (video) 12) The Real Mobile Phone Wars - DRC (video) 13) Coltan, the 'blood mineral' of Congo 14) Illegal mining fuels DR Congo war 15) "Mining crisis" in DRC's Katanga province 16) DR Congo: SRSG responds to Global Witness re UN resolutions on the illicit exploitation of natural resources 17) Congo completes review of mining contracts 18) The Search for Gold in Congo 19) France seals African uranium deals 20) Conflict Fueled From Many Sources 21) Congo (Kinshasa): Militarization of Mining Well-Entrenched 22) Mineral Wealth of the Congo 23) A gold reawakening in the DRC 24) PWC’s blood stained ties 25) Global Witness urges governments to act on findings of UN experts' report on DRC 26) Congo Connection - Congo (video) 27) In Focus: Congo's Bloody Coltan (video) 28) Mines’ harsh human toll is no deep, dark secret29) IT Industry Leaders Aim to End Use of 'Blood Tin' 30) Conflict Minerals: ITRI Supply Chain Initiative Fails To Address Major Issues 31) Rebels seize mines in Congo's resource war 32) A thriving mine lost in the heart of the DR Congo forest 33) Research and Markets: Democratic Republic of Congo Mining Report - the Updated Q2 2010 Report 34) Congo Mining Security May Be Harmed by UN Pull-Out 35) Congo Minerals Provision Becomes Part of Financial Bill (USA) 36) New law targets 'conflic minerals' 37) UN Security Council must act to stop mineral trade fuelling Congo war 38) Did Buying Your Gaming Console Help Fund War Atrocities in the Congo? 39) First Quantum says new projects may double revenue 40) Ending the Conflict Minerals Trade
Monuc: 1) W.Swing: An expensive peace is better than any war 2) UN chief "deeply concerned" at dire situation in DR Congo 3) UN peacekeepers traded in arms, weapons in eastern Congo 4) UN Congo Staff and Soldiers Accused of Prostitution, Rape, and Pedophilia 5) Security Council Extends Mission 6) MONUC: Our preferred option is that combatants enter brassage immediately without conditions 7) MONUC: Our number one concern is that a fast solution is found to the crisis 8) UN destroys militia camps 9) Congo Will Start New Rebel Hunt, UN Mission Head Says 10) UN accused of failing to protect Congo civilians 11) UN mission in DR Congo downgraded (video) 12) New peacekeeping strategy for Congo unveiled 13) United Nations Humanitarian Fund gives $7 million in rapid response to people affected by hostilities in DRC 14) DR Congo: Amid Alleged Army Atrocities 15) Strife in eastern Congo 16) UN extends mandate (for 5 mo.)of DRC peacekeepers 17) UN Forces Must Remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo 18) Abusive Congolese colonel got aid 19) KINSHASA ASKS UN MISSION TO LEAVE COUNTRY WITHIN A YEAR 20) CONGO-KINSHASA: MONUC exit is probable, but premature 21) UN, Congolese Army Send Reinforcements to Fight Insurgents 22) Thirty-first report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 23) Behind Human Rights Watch Report on LRA, a Plea for MONUC to Remain in the Congo 24) UN fears for Congolese women after departure 25) UN Peacekeeping Mission in DRC Under Review 26) Report of the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 13 to 16 May 2010 27) The United Nations mission in DR Congo

 

    
MONUSCO: 1) Lt. Gen. Prakash is UN commander for Congo 2) United Nations Must Train Its Peacekeepers on Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence 3) DR Congo: 50 years older but not much wiser 4) Gains And Remaining Challenges in DR Congo 5) Secretary-General inaugurates new phase of UN mission in DR Congo 6) U.N. pullback likely to worsen Congo wars 7) Veteran U.S. diplomat appointed to top UN post in DR Congo 8) On Location: Ishunga, Congo — Market walk (video)    
     
National Army: 1) DR Congo Government forces commit worst of widespread abuses 2) Army abuse compounds IDPs' lot in Ituri 3) MONUC denounces the presence of children in FARDC's ranks 4) MONUC: Our preferred option is that combatants enter brassage immediately without conditions 5) Contact group workshop on reform of DRC army 6) Government, rebels agree on military posts 7) Conviction of Government soldiers in DR Congo welcomed by UN mission 8) Current Situation (Fall 2008) 9) Africa Focus: DR Congo's former rebel CNDP awaits political reintegration 9) DRC army accused of civilian abuses 10) Congo: 'The soldiers meant to protect us are the same ones killing people' 11) DR Congo: Integrated rebels begin rebellion in Congolese army 12) EU sees DR Congo army reform as priority 13) Human rights group raises alarm over Congo rapes 14) Report: UN-backed Congo troops killing civilians 15) 'Terminator' lives in luxury while peacekeepers look on 16) Congo: Troops Suspected of Looting 17) Reports of thousands fleeing DR Congo 18) DR Congo army regains control of Mbandaka 19) 'Scores of rebels either dead or in custody' 20) New DR Congo army to take over from MONUC
News Coverage: 1) ) Africa's forgotten crises 2) Counting the dead 3) New Web resource to track the disasters the media ignores 4) Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot 5) Congo's conflict receives minimal media coverage 6) allAfrica.com: DRC news updates 7) Congocast.org 8) Cross-referenced news and research resources about war & armed conflict in DR Congo current updates 9) Gobal Voices Online: DRC 10) Congo Daily/ wn network 11) Congos Religion News 12) EXPERTS TALK: Democratic Republic of Congo 13) Horror of Congo's forgotten war 2008.03.27 (video) 14) Activists Slam World's ‘Grotesque Indifference’ to DRC 15) Congo NewsWatch 16) When 5 million dead aren’t worth two stories a year 17) Newstime Africa 18) Congo Kinshasa News 19) Hartford Courant: Congo 20) News Now/ DR Congo
NGO's: 1) Democratic Republic of the Congo/ NGO's 2) Negotiating humanitarian access in Ituri, Eastern Dr Congo, 1999-2004 ( 22-MAR-06) 3) Fighting Cripples Humanitarian Aidin War-Torn Eastern Congo 4) UNHCR - 640,000 internally displaced in Kivu provinces between June and July 2007 5) IRC assists victims of D.R. Congo massacre 6) The long road to delivering food aid 7) Humanitarian Funding to Democratic Republic of Congo 8) Mercy Corps 9) Committee of Conscience WINTER 2009 10) Congo Advocacy Coalition letter to United Nations: Civilian Protection Now 11) DRC: Protect civilians in northeast from rebels - MSF 12) USG Humanitarian Assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (as of 18 Feb 2009) 13) HA2015 Democratic Republic of the Congo Web 16)DR Congo: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #14 (FY 2009) 14) DR Congo: Humanitarian crisis Mid Year Review 2009 15) Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Weekly Bulletin, 22 January 2010 16) Medical Teams International sends more urgently needed volunteers, supplies to help survivors of war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo 17) USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (map) 18) DR Congo: Innocents trapped between Government and Interhamwe Rebels. 19) Dr Congo: UN Condemns Death Threats 20) Travelogue from DR Congo: Day 1,[Day 2],[Day 3] 21) Fears of UN withdrawal from DR Congo 22) DRC: Aid delivery under threat in Kivus 23) Eastern DRC Conflict & Displacement 24) DRC: Armed Congolese soldiers enter MSF hospital in Hauts Plateaux, South Kivu, and remove wounded patients 25) Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Weekly Bulletin, 7 May 2010 26) What you should know about Congo 27) World Emergency Relief (WER) - UK/ Another village destroyed 28) DR Congo suspends police chief over Chebeya death
Peace Agreements: 1) UN envoy hails peace accord between DR of Congo, Uganda 2) Security Council members hail DR of Congo, Rwanda peace agreement 3) DR of Congo: Security Council, Annan say inter-Congolese dialogue key to peace 4) DR Congo peace deal signed 5) Last foreign troops leave DR Congo 6) Foreign troops begin Congo pullout 7) African 'World War' peace signing 8) Warring Congo factions sign peace deal 9) DR Congo's unending war 10) Final Congolese Peace Deal Signed in S. Africa 11) Ceasefire signed in Congo 12) Sun City Agreement13) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Peace Agreement 14) THE NAIROBI COMMUNIQUE
Press Freedom in DRC: 1) Reporters without Borders: type in DR Congo 2) CPJ urges government DR of Congo to respect press freedom 3) CJFE protests arrests of journalists in the Democratic Republic of Congo 4) D.R. Congo: Climate of Fear Threatens Elections 5) Report: Congo among worst in the world on press freedom 6) HRW Alarmed About Hate Radio Broadcasts and the Incitement of Ethnic Violence in the DRC 7) Attacks on the Press 2007: Democratic Republic of Congo 8) DR.Congo soldiers convicted of journalist murder 9) International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) 10) Wave of interrogations, harassment sparks new concerns for press freedom 11) Congo troops get death for killing reporter, says rights group
Refugees: 1) Six million Congolese displaced by war 2) DRC refugees start making their way home 3) Dangers increase for displaced in eastern DR Congo, UN says 4) Congo fighting uproots tens of thousands - UN 5) More Congolese Fleeing Into Uganda From Fighting 6) UNHCR increasingly concerned by spiralling displacement and atrocities in North Kivu7) Refugees on the move as DR Congo fighting escalates 8) Congo violence (video) 9) No Home for Congo's Pygmies 10) DR Congo: Continuing LRA rampage displaces more Congolese 11) Emergency Relief Coordinator, in briefing to Security Council, stresses essential need for improved humanitarian aid in Democratic Republic of the Congo 12) Returns from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Rwanda increase 13) UNHCR Says Security Continues to Deteriorate in North Kivu, DRC 14) Protect DR Congo civilian 15) Homeless in DR Congo (video) 16) Congo and Angola officials to suspend deportations 17) DR Congo: UN sounds alarm over armed attacks against camps for displaced 18) Food Distributed to Thousands Displaced by Fighting in Northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo 19) DRC: Thousands flee LRA attacks in northeast 20) DR Congo voices: "liberated" and displaced 21) Population Movements in Eastern DR Congo, Apr - Jun 2009 22) Over 120,000 DRC Refugees Flee to Neighboring Countries to Escape Ethnic Fighting 23) Merlin reaches communities cut off by violence in DRC 24) Thousands of homes burned in new atrocities in Eastern Congo, villagers tell Oxfam 25) Report: More than 1,000 killed in eastern Congo 26) UNHCR: 536,000 made homeless this year in E. Congo 27) Analysis: Fighting for peace in DRC's Kivu region 28) PHOTO JOURNALISM: DRC 29) DR Congo: Unstable Areas Endanger Returns 30) Democratic Republic of the Congo: Insecurity and Displacement (Apr 2010) 31) DRC-UGANDA: Still afraid of the LRA 32) 'Here, it is a single meal per day' 33) Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Weekly Bulletin, 14 May 2010 34) DR Congo / BENI: INSECURITY AND THREATS, THOUSANDS FLEEING 35) Looking for solutions for North Kivu's vulnerable Pygmies
Rwanda Genocide: 1) Ghosts of Rwanda (video) 2) Former Rwandan Army Colonel Convicted Over 1994 Genocide 3) Hutu rebels drop guns, return to Rwanda 4) DECLASSIFIED DOCS REVEAL U.S. PURPOSEFULLY IGNORED RWANDAN GENOCIDE 5) DR Congo arrests war-crimes suspect 6) Ex-minister gets 30 years in Rwanda genocide 7) Rwanda troops withdraw from Congo 8) Renzaho Arrested 9) Génocidaires in Congo 10) Key Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in Uganda 11) Key Rwandan genocide suspect pleads not guilty 12) Official: Uganda to rebury Rwanda genocide victims 13) ICTR wants 11 fugitives from DRC 14) Evidence of Inaction 15) Profile: Agathe Habyarimana, the power behind the Hutu presidency 16) Rwandan leader's widow arrested in France 17) Burundi (background to Rwanda) Genocide 18) Genocide Survivors call for action against FDLR 19) Rwanda muzzles candidate, fearing genocide return 20) Finland: Rwandan sentenced to life for genocide 21) NH woman involved in Rwandan genocide
Sexual Violence/ Rape as a Weapon of War: 1) Displaced Congolese Face Rape, Disease, Violence in North Kivu 2) Sexual Brutality Accompanies War in Congo 3) Aid group closes DR Congo clinics 4) Girl soldiers: Hidden faces of war 5) Rape with Extreme Violence: The New Pathology in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo 6) Hillary’s Good Start 7) Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls) 8) DISPATCH: Tortured And Raped In The Congo 9) 'Thousands raped' in Congo 10) Dr Denis Mukwege publishes a monograph on sexual terrorism in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 11) Mass rape - time for remedies 12) Eight years of darkness 13) Progress has been very disappointing bringing sexual violence perpetrators to justice 14) Hundreds of thousands of women raped for being on the wrong side 15) In Congo, an epidemic of rape 16) DR Congo sexual violence (video) 17) Aged one to 90, the victims of hidden war against women (video) 18) Cries for Help From Congo’s War Victims 19) Congo’s male rape victims speak out 20) Sexual Terrorism: Rape as a Weapon of War in Eastern 21) Rape used as weapon in DR Congo (video) 22) Filmmaker Q&A: Fighting the Silence 23) Preview: Fighting the Silence (video) 24) Fighting the Silence Part 2 25) Bruni takes on army of rapists 26) Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims 27) More than 8,000 women raped last year by fighters in eastern DR Congo – UN 28) About Sexual Violence in Congo 29) Sexual Terrorism: Rape as a Weapon of War in Eastern Congo 30) MSF Report: "I have no joy, no peace of mind' - Sexual violence in the eastern DRC 31) No hope for end to weapon of rape in DR Congo 32) Anti-rape funds in Congo wasted: critics 33) Sexual Violence Still Prevalent in the DRC 34) A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman (book) 35) Congo clinic offers hope to rape victims 36) To be healed, brutalised Congolese need to see justice being done 37) Rape in War: Motives of Militia in DRC (special attention)
Witchcraft and "child witches": 1) Congo children accused of sorcery 2) 'Exorcisms are part of our culture' 3) Tanzania's deadly skin trade 4) Massacre by the jungle witch-hunters 5) In Congo, superstitions breed homeless children 6) Congo child sorcery abuse on rise 7) Congo's child victims of superstition 8) Child witches in the Congo 9) Congo witch-hunt's child victims 10) Congo casts out its 'child witches '11) Congo's 'child witches' lead a cursed life 12) Torment of Africa's 'child witches' 13) Child 'witches' the victims of African wars 14) Burundi 'albino killers' arrested 15) Tanzania 'witch-naming' under way 16) Albino victim evicted from safe-house 17) Tanzania fights human skinning 18) Morons in the News: Africans Stone Teachers Over "Ebola Spell" 19) DR Congo soldiers raping pygmies for supernatural powers: NGO 20) Spotlight: “Street kids” in the DRC 21) Crisis in DR Congo22) DR Congo child witches (videos) 23) Hostage freed/ magical body hair 24) Albino Family Dismembered in Burundi 25) Sorcery 26) The dangers of witchcraft 27) Witchcraft accusations haunt Congo's children 28) Children of Congo : From War to Witches (video)
Witness Accounts: 1) Eyewitness (special attention) 2) CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DRC 3) From Oprah to Congo: One Woman's Attempt to Save Thousands 4) DRC interview: Michel, 13 5) MSF in Democratic Republic of Congo 6) Tortured And Raped In The Congo 7) UN reports atrocities in Congo 8) UN agency to act on Ituri human rights violations 9) Exposing evil 10) Voices of war 11) Haunted by Congo rape dilemma