Truemors
Brewing Prosperity Creates Good Jobs
A brewery is prospering in one of the world's most volatile regions. And it is making high-quality beer and providing good-paying jobs and a regional success story. In the Democratic Republic of Congo –... 
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... 
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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...
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... 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... 139 views | 24 recommendations | 12 comments
