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UN Peacekeepers disciplined for sexual abuse: a slap on a wrist
" Today is the international abolition day of slavery. Remembering all the victims of modern day slavery around the world and sexual abuse, I am searching for the reports on whether the authorities have brought the remedies for the victims of child molestation and sexual... Endangered Mountain Gorillas Make Facebook Debut: Friendagorilla
The endangered Mountain Gorillas of Uganda are preparing to make their Facebook debut in just two days, when Friend a Gorilla (friendagorilla on Twitter), launches to raise awareness and some money towards these... Norwegians sentenced to death in Kongo.
Two Norwegian citizens have been, during a military trial in Congo, given five times death sentence. Under the charges of spying, attempted murder and the murder of their driver. During the trial, Norway have as well been charged and convicted with a debt of $60... Trivialising women the world over... even the powerful
"This was supposed to be the trip that would show exactly how Hillary Rodham Clinton would make good on her pledge, at her confirmation hearing for secretary of state, to make women’s issues “central” to U.S. foreign policy, not “adjunct or auxiliary or in any way... 299 views | 44 recommendations | 22 comments
Community Justice Thrives in Villages of Eastern Congo
August 6, 2009, Luvungi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Amid the chaos and lawlessness of Eastern Congo, a local organization has developed an innovative approach to settling disputes and promoting justice, one community at a time.Arche d'Alliance, a partner of The Advocacy... An apathetic, greedy west has abandoned war-torn Congo
"In 1996, I was sitting with 20,000 grieving women in a stadium in Tuzla, Bosnia. The women were holding photographs of husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and boyfriends who had been disappeared a year earlier in a place called Srebrenica, a UN enclave where Bosnian... 134 views | 24 recommendations | 12 comments
Responsibility to Protect - Ambassador Rice
In her statement made at the Ambassador Susan E. Rice at the International Peace Institute Vienna Seminar, June 15, 2009, she stated the willingness of USA to work with the international community ending... Alternative Fuel Saves Money and Trees in War-Torn Congo
Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.They're also the ingredients being used by environmental advocates to create a light, inexpensive cooking fuel that... Baby gorilla in smuggler's bag in Congo exposes black market ring
A two year old baby gorilla was found stuffed into a smuggler's bag, attempting to carry it out of the Democratic of the Congo, and investigators have exposed an animal smuggling ring operating out of the Congo. ... Disabled Congolese Musicians Become World Hit
A group of Congolese musicians is using music to overcome obstacles – both economic and social – that come with being disabled in a poor country. Called Staff Benda Bilili, they are on course to be... Women Advocates in Afghanistan and Congo Honored in Washington
Washington, DC: The US-based women's organization Vital Voices has awarded one of its highest honors to Sadiqa Basiri Saleem, a leading advocate for girl's education in Afghanistan and a partner of The Advocacy Project (AP) since 2004. Ms Basiri Saleem received the... Women in Congo speak out about rape despite taboo
" DOSHU, Congo – Zamuda Sikujuwa shuffles to a bench in the sunshine, pushes apart her thighs with a grimace of pain and pumps her fist up and down in a lewd-looking gesture to show how the militiamen shoved an... Bloodshed in the Congo far from over
Even with notorious rebel leader Laurent Nkunda arrested, the chance of peace returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains rather slim, especially now the Lord's Resistance Army is firing up... Congo Militia Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Training Child Soldiers
A militia leader from the Congo faces charges of training child soldiers as the first permanent war crimes tribunal begins. Thomas Lubanga was the former head of the Union of Congolese Patriots and is accused of... It happened & still happening
Since the end of the 20th Century, the nature of armed conflict in the world is dominated by internal conflicts with civilians making the majority of the casualties than inter-state warfare. The genocides in...
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