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 [...]

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 [...]

LRA Spreading Reign of Death into South Sudan

“Those Americans have strength and technology, so they can use that to catch Kony,” said Anton Juma, another member of the village militia, now sheltering at Nzara. “Our arrows are no use against their guns.” AFP When the dread-locked, AK-47 toting Lord’s Resistance Army rebels attacked the small farming village of Basukangbi in southern Sudan, [...]

Congo Welcomes U.S. Support to Defeat the LRA

From VOA News: A Cabinet minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo says his administration will cooperate with U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration as Washington develops a comprehensive strategy to deal with the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels (LRA). Information minister Lambert Mende said the government needs intelligence support in its effort to defeat the LRA [...]

LRA Attacks in Northeastern Congo

From the Enough Project: The Lord’s Resistance Army has depopulated a remote corner of northeastern Congo, killing and abducting hundreds of civilians, and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. In a new report, “‘This is our land now:’ Lord’s Resistance Army attacks in Bas Uele, northeastern Congo,”  Enough Project Field Researcher Ledio Cakaj [...]

Judges Order the Release of Thomas Lubanga

From All-Africa: Today, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ordered the release of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo as “an accused cannot be held in preventative custody on a speculative basis, namely that at some stage in the future the proceedings may be resurrected.” The Judges had previously determined that a fair trial was no [...]

Congress Passes Conflict Mineral Legislation

From the Enough Project: Today, Congo activists, U.S. consumers, and the people of Congo won an incredible victory against long odds. Congress passed the Wall Street reform bill with the inclusion of a key provision on conflict minerals. The conflict minerals language requires companies that use tin, tungsten, tantalum, or gold in their products to [...]

Senator Corker: Please Say Yes!

In the coming days, critical language requiring conflict minerals accountability will be part of the financial reform legislation currently being finalized by Congress. Unfortunately, manufacturing and retail industry groups are lobbying hard to have it removed. Even though tech companies have admitted it would cost one penny per product to ensure a conflict-free supply chain, [...]

The War Against Conflict Minerals

In  2006, I, like many others, purchased an Apple laptop. At the same time  I was purchasing what has been a very valuable product to me, a woman was getting raped in eastern Congo every few seconds. Like everyone else, I had no idea. At the time of my purchase, Apple also posted what was [...]

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