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• How gold pays for Congo’s deadly war - 60 Minutes [Video]

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 415
  Watch CBS News Videos Online The International Rescue Committee is a lifeline to millions of people in Congo’s violence-torn villages .  This past summer, CBS’ 60 Minutes traveled with the IRC to remote camps in North Kivu that shelter thousands of people displaced by recent fighting. With IRC’s help, ...
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• TONIGHT: Congo and the IRC on 60 Minutes

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 415
  Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC 60 Minutes recently traveled with the IRC to camps in North Kivu that shelter thousands of people displaced by fighting.  With IRC’s help, the TV crew took a close look at the humanitarian crisis and the root causes of Congo’s chronic violence.  The report is scheduled to air on CBS ...
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• Nelson Mandela fake foreword in Congo presidents book were his words

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  The Nelson Mandela Foundation has threatened legal action against the president of Congo-Brazzaville after he claimed the foreword of his new book had been penned by the anti-apartheid leader.
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• Call to Stop Sexual Violence in DRC; V-Day meeting at Royal Albert Hall

  
  Uplift Magazine — Authority: 426
  Last week I had the great privilege of being invited to hear Eve Ensler speak about the work V-Day is doing to tackle the sexual violence taking place in the Democratic Republic of The Congo(DRC). We gathered at the Royal Albert Hall, since it was exactly 100 years ago that key luminaries of the time [...]
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• Eastern Congo: “Women are afraid that they could be raped any night here”

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 415
  Almost 80 percent of the rapes committed in Congo are allegedly carried out by members of armed militias or the regular armed forces. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC. As the International Rescue Committee observes the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” campaign, Peter Biro reports from the ...
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• Congo conflict minerals on 60 Minutes - November 29

  
  Swords into Plowshares — Authority: 131
  This coming Sunday, November 29, CBS’ 60 Minutes will turn its attention to the scourge of conflict minerals in Congo.  Earlier this year, Enough’s co-founder, John Prendergast, accompanied the 60 Minutes team to eastern Congo to investigate the impact that the minerals trade, and particularly gold, has on ...
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• Global warming will increase likelihood of civil war in Africa by 55 percent

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  There have been many warnings by policymakers that rising temperatures in Africa could lead to civil conflict, however a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the first to uncover empirical evidence for these warnings and quantify them. The results—that higher temperatures increased the ...
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• ICC/DRC: Second Trial of Congolese Warlords

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 690
  (The Hague) - The International Criminal Courts (ICC) joint trial of two Congolese rebel leaders offers victims the chance to see accountability for atrocities committed in Congos armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
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• Baby gorillas set to soon have new play area in Congo

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 491
  Baby gorillas orphaned from their mother will receive a new sanctuary in east Congo. In 2007, park rangers in the Congo’s Virunga National Park found two baby gorillas, their mother slain. One of the two-month-old babies was clinging to the body of its dead mother, and the other was found on the back of its ...
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• Democratic Republic of Congo - A year later, investigation into radio journalists murder is stalled

  
  Reporters Sans Frontires — Authority: 138
  On the eve of the first anniversary of Radio Okapi journalist Didace Namujimbo s murder in Bukavu, the capital of the eastern province of Sud-Kivu, Reporters Without Borders and Journalist in Danger (JED) condemn the lack of action on the part of the military officers in charge of the investigation. Namujimbo was ...
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• Conflict Cellphones

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 171
  The Enough Project and its partners are welcoming a new House bill to help stop the use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo in cell phones and other electronic devices tomorrow, Read More......( read more )
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• Gentlemen Of Bacongo : The Dandies Of Sub-Saharan Africa [Dandy Fops]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 810
  A new photo book by Daniele Tamagni explores the phenomenon of sapeurs , a clique of extraordinarily dressed dandies from the Congo. In the midst of war and abject poverty, these men dress in tailored suits, silk ties, and immaculate footwear. Sapeur comes from la SAPE , short for Société des Ambianceurs ...
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• Conflict Cellphones

  
  Cell Phone Offers — Authority: 173
  Author: dashingazelle Keywords: Democratic Republic of Congo United Nations Rima Abdelkader Sophia Tewa Africa war rape torture Added: November 17, 2009
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• Volatile gas could turn Rwandan lake into a freshwater time bomb

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 156
  A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake bordering Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The volatile mixture at the bottom of the lake could remain still for another 1,000 years or explode without warning. In a region prone to volcanic and seismic activity, the ...
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• United States Government Calls for Further Joint Military Actions Against Rwandan Interahamwe Militias

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 452
  The United States Government has called for further joint military action against Rwandan Interahamwe militias accused of the 1994 genocide now holed up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the government statement availed to APA, the US vowed to continue pressurizing the International Community to ...
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• £8 Billion Foreign Aid Budget Untouched, But £350 Million Cut off British Youth Training

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 607
  The Government’s austerity measures include a £5 billion reduction in spending in Britain. This includes a £350 million cutback in job training for young British people — while the £8 billion foreign aid budget remains untouched. According to newspaper reports, official Government documents show that the ...
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• Mazembe ´hide´ ahead of African final

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 157
  Democratic Republic of Congo club Tout Puissant Mazembe have gone into hiding ahead of the African Champions League final in Lubumbashi Saturday. And there was no sign of Nigerian opponents Heartland either in the southern Congolese mining city ahead of the second leg that will decide who scoops a record ...
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• Massacres of civilians by DR Congo army call UNs role into question

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  UN military support for the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been called into question because of atrocities against civilians blamed on regular troops.
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• Government of South Sudan Threatens to Boycott 2010 Presidential Elections

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 452
  Local media has reported that the government of South Sudan has threatened to boycott next year’s presidential elections over rigging claims by the North. The Head of Mission at the GoSS liaison office in Nairobi John Duku also sent a warning to the North that any attempt to interfere with the referendum in 2011 ...
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• Disney commits $4 million to rainforest conservation in the Amazon, Congo

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  The Walt Disney Company will invest $7 million in forest conservation projects in the U.S., the Congo Basin, and the Amazon in an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
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