Tag Archives: Rwanda
Kimia before the storm?
On August 7-8, MONUC’s Bukavu office held a two-day meeting with traditional leaders in South Kivu Province “with a view to reflecting on collaboration strategies in the context of ongoing Kimia II military operations.” Kimia II is a MONUC-supported collaborative … Continue reading
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Sarkozy: why doesn’t Congo just share?
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, who briefly visited DRC this week, suggested in January that DR Congo share its mineral wealth with Rwanda as a way to end violence around the main eastern city of Goma, as reported by the BBC … Continue reading
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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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