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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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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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