Happy 4th Birthday to charity:water and Some Words of Encouragement

Today, our friends at charity:water turned 4 years old. Every year to celebrate their anniversary, charity:water drills a clean water well and broadcasts it live to the world. This year, things are not going quite as planned: So, the bad news is that the drill today did not work. As charity:water founder Scott Harrison says [...]

Our Next Event: Falling Whistles and Eastern Congo

Operation Broken Silence cordially invites you to our joint event with Falling Whistles: Date: September 28, 2010 Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm Location: Young Life Memphis Urban Jay Holcomb Center (1177 Poplar Avenue Memphis TN, 38105) Additional Information: This event is free and will provide the Memphis community opportunities to work for peace in the Democratic Republic of [...]

Why It Would Harm Rwanda to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Sudan

As political tensions continue to rise between the United Nations and Rwanda over a report citing that former Rwandan rebels my have committed genocide in eastern Congo after ending the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the tiny African nation is threatening to withdraw more than 3,000 peacekeeping troops from Sudan’s Darfur region. Currently, the former rebels [...]

UN Report: Atrocities in Congo Could Be Genocide

Following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the Rwandan army crossed into neighboring Congo and began a war that managed to involve 6 countries and completely devastate the nation. Today, outside of the humanitarian catastrophe in eastern Congo, the political nightmare from this war continues: From Reuters: Crimes committed by Rwanda’s army and Congolese rebels in Congo [...]

In Kyrgyzstan, Ethnic Kyrgyz Nationalism On the Rise

From the Daily Times: Political activists have been distributing photographs of mangled ethnic Kyrgyz bodies at rallies with themes like instituting ethnic quotas for government workers or barring the deployment of an international police force. BISHKEK: Rising nationalism in Kyrgyzstan promoting Kyrgyz at the expense of minority Uzbeks is stoking fears of new unrest, just [...]

As UN Withdraws From CAR, Fears of Instability Grow

From the Canadian Press: The Central African Republic appealed to the Security Council for help Tuesday fending off rebels and bandits while the U.N.’s fledgling peacekeeping force there is withdrawn in deference to neighbouring Chad’s government. Already, about a third of the 3,300-strong peacekeeping force known as MINURCAT that was set up in Chad and [...]

Kyrgyzstan: The Void in Asia’s Heart

From the Guardian: There is a hole in the map of Central Asia where Kyrgyzstan used to be. A country once considered an outpost of relative tolerance and democracy in a region of dysfunctional authoritarian regimes is today a deeply divided, practically failed, state. If the international response to its descent into political chaos is [...]

Third Day of Heavy Fighting in Somalia’s Capital Brings Death Toll to Over 80

_ From the Canadian Press: Fighting in Somalia’s capital flared for a third straight day Wednesday, killing eight people and pushing the week’s death toll past 80 as insurgents tried to force government troops back toward the presidential palace, officials said. Mortar and rocket fire forced residents to flee and closed businesses. Fighting between al-Shabab [...]

Deputy Head of U.N. Peacekeeping Dispatched to Congo

From Reuters: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a top official to Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after a mass rape of women by rebels in the east that U.N. peacekeepers say they only heard about over a week later. The rebels from the Mai Mai militia and Rwandan Hutu FDLR, who occupied the town of Luvungi [...]

TAKE ACTION: Combatting Modern Slavery

It doesnt matter how old or young you are, if you are a college student or a professional, penniless or a millionaire, everyone has the chance to be an abolitionist. Modern slavery is an international problem that is multi-faceted, and any social injustice with such a large scope requires equally multi-faceted solutions.  So, what can [...]

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