Tag Archives: Orbinksi

November 29, 2009

Slaughterhouse 500,000 in eastern DRC

There is an ominous line in Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja’s book, The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila, a people’s history. It says:  “General Kagame himself boasted about the crucial role Rwanda played in the 1996-1997 war. That role, which included acts of … Continue reading →

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March 5, 2009

James Orbinski wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

James Orbinski, early mentor of SAFER since the very beginning, recently published a hardcover book entitled  An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century. Through personal accounts as a doctor with Médecins sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders), … Continue reading →

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