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• FDL Book Salon Welcomes David Axe, Army of God: Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa

  
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  Welcome David Axe ( WarIsBoring.com ) ( Wired.com ) ( Twitter ) and Host Zack Beauchamp (ThinkProgress) ( Twitter ) Army of God: Joseph Kony’s War In Central Africa I finished Army of God while standing outside a DC metro station, after exiting for my final stop — it’s a gripping book, one filled ...
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• Pretoria-based think tank the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) estimates there are more than 33 armed groups currently operating in eastern DRC.

  
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  JOHANNESBURG,  - The imminent deployment of a UN-backed 3,000-strong international force mandated to “neutralize… and disarm” all armed groups in the ea stern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a switch to a more belligerent international stance towards rebel militia, but has met with scepticism in some ...
  1 week ago

• Open Letter to President Joseph Kabila

  
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  According to research by UN human rights investigators and Human Rights Watch, troops under Makenga’s command were responsible for an ethnic massacre in Buramba, recruitment of children and summary executions of deserters while a commander of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) armed group in ...
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• Frontiers of Learning

  
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  During the period of the campaign for the seven Baha’i leaders still in prison in Iran after five years, it is also important  to reflect upon the positive progress of the Faith in many parts of the world. The Baha’i World website offers a film that captures the spirit of this progress in an uplifting portrayal ...
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• Save the Children mothers index: 10 worst countries in sub-Saharan Africa

  
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  Finland has lowest rates of mother and child mortality while US scores relatively poorly on maternal health The worst place in the world to give birth is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where a woman has a one in 30 chance of dying as a result – while the best is Finland, where the risk of death is one in ...
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• US bishops promote rule banning Congo militia funding

  
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  Washington D.C., May 6, 2013 / 05:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops have reiterated their support for a federal regulation that would block American investments from supporting militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “The rule ...
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• WHAT HOPE WHEN THE CONGOLESE ARMY BEHAVES LIKE THIS?: Rape City - Democratic Republic of Congo - YouTube

  
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  Nothing is going to be solved in the DR Congo if the national army is not purged of criminals and rapists, given a proper code of conduct and professionalized:  LINK: Rape City - Democratic Republic of Congo - YouTube
  2 weeks ago

• Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

  
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  What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and 20 wild cat ...
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• UN peacekeeping missions: who provides the most troops

  
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  Is the UN the worlds policeman? Who pays the bill - and where are the personnel based? Simon Rogers Mona Chalabi
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• Scientists discover new giant mole rat in Africa (photos)

  
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  Although the term "giant mole rat" may not immediately inspire love, the mole rats of Africa are a fascinating bunch. They spend practically their entire lives underground building elaborate tunnel systems and feeding on plant stems. This underground lifestyle has led them to evolve small ears, tiny eyes, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oslo the 26th April 2013: Tanzanian’s Celebrated UNION Day – Their ambassador to the Nordic countries attended the Occassion

  
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  The name “Tanzania” derives from the names of the two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, that united in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which later the same year was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.     The President is Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, elected in 2005. The country ...
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• Non-hormonal Methods of Contraception Meet Need in DRC

  
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  USAID programs have worked to meet the needs of women in the DRC by expanding access to a wide range of family planning choices Read more >>
  4 weeks ago

• Need Inspiration for this Earth Day? – PR Newswire

  
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  Offsetters highlights recent global stories on innovative carbon management VANCOUVER, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ – Since launching in 2005, Vancouver-based Offsetters Climate Solutions has worked with more than 150 clients in various sectors helping to offset more than six million tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Need Inspiration for this Earth Day? – PR Newswire

  
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  Offsetters highlights recent global stories on innovative carbon management VANCOUVER, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ – Since launching in 2005, Vancouver-based Offsetters Climate Solutions has worked with more than 150 clients in various sectors helping to offset more than six million tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Need Inspiration for this Earth Day?

  
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  Offsetters highlights recent global stories on innovative carbon management VANCOUVER, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ – Since launching in 2005, Vancouver-based Offsetters Climate Solutions has worked with more than 150 clients in various sectors helping to offset more than six million tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Need Inspiration for this Earth Day?

  
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  Offsetters highlights recent global stories on innovative carbon management VANCOUVER, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ – Since launching in 2005, Vancouver-based Offsetters Climate Solutions has worked with more than 150 clients in various sectors helping to offset more than six million tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Emela-ntouka: Elephant Killer

  
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  In the area of the Congo which is the supposed home to the cryptid Mokele-bembe , another unknown beast has surfaced. The locals called refer to it by various names, with Emela-ntouka being one of the most common. The cryptid seems to be an amphibious rhinoceros-like creature and is reputed to have killed elephants ...
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• In Congo, Helping Children Catch Up in the Classroom

  
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  International Rescue Committee and USAID are helping 1,100 boys and girls in Congo catch up on their studies at the primary level and work toward admissions to secondary school. Read more >>
  4 weeks ago

• Nadine Gordimer Troubled by Government’s Deployment of Troops to the Central African Republic

  
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  Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer has said that she finds the recent deaths of South African peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic, “very, very troubling”. She is quoted in City Press as saying that, “we have blundered rather badly”. In the article, Gordimer warns the South African government ...
  4 weeks ago

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