Tag Archives : Democratic Republic of Congo

On this 40th Earth Day we celebrate what is our home, the reason of our existence, regardless of economic differences, political, religious, social, or any other that may exist. What matters is that humanity depends on nature for its survival on this blue planet. And sometimes nature makes it quite clear to us humans who is “boss” in this [...]

If it is still not clear to the world that the massacres in Democratic Republic of Congo have not come to an end, at least 321 people were abducted and murdered recently by the feared Lord’s Resistance Army. LRA is Africa’s most feared rebel group, and they massacred more than 200 men, 80 women and other children. The adult men were tied to the [...]

New colonialism in a globalized world is a curious thing. Countries buying vast parcels of farmlands in poor countries poses new emerging problems. In such cases, only the countries’ respective heads of state know the full details. It gets complicated when provincial governors have auctioned off their land to the highest international bidders such [...]

According to the Minority Rights Group International (MRG) that trends annual indexes, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Afghanistan have been topping annual lists for four straight years of countries where genocide, mass killings, or violent repression victimizes the minority population. The human rights group gives a more chilling conclusion: countries [...]

The UN Security Council urges Member States to act vigorously to end impunity for those who violate children’s rights by recruiting them to become child soldiers. The agency also reiterated its condemnation of the employment of children in war by combatant sides, as well as violence and sexual abuse of children who are victims in armed conflicts. Recruitment [...]

More bad news came from Africa. This time, despite the negative of several countries in the region, there are strong indications that foreign forces are involved in conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Journalists in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said that up to one quarter of the forces who are fighting alongside the dissident [...]