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Month: November 2011

Congo (Kinshasa) Elections: A step backward

November 30, 2011

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second largest nation in Africa after Algeria, is again dominating the headlines for failure to organize free and fair elections.  Some are…

South African Catholic Bishops’ Statement Ahead of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change

November 23, 2011

This global climate change poses a great spiritual challenge to all Christians, people of all faiths, and all people of good will as it is the consequence of the destruction…

Dyer Lecture Update

November 18, 2011

The 3rd Annual Fr. Bill Dyer Lecture went quite well this year!  Our speaker Nii Akuetteh’s speech will be published as a paper soon, so even if you couldn’t attend,…

Conflict Minerals Trade from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: What does the US have to gain?

November 10, 2011

Colonel Emma K. Coulson, a military fellow researcher at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, says: “It benefits the US to partner with the DRC in settling their…