By Evan Fowler, American University, AFJN InternProtecting women is a priority in the Congolese environment of insecurity where women are raped not only by those with guns, but unarmed civilians. Caritas Goma, a charitable ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Goma, in...
Rev. Madeline Bomboko was Director of the Disciples’ (Communaute des Disciples du Christ au Congo) Losanganya Guest House in Mbandaka when she began to receive some unexpected guests. It all began one day in 2003 on a street in downtown Mbandaka. A disheveled,...
Between July 30 and August 2nd, armed militants identified as Mai Mai Cheka Cheka and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ( FDLR) occupied the town of Luvungi in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and raped many women, said Mr Khare, UN...
For Immediate Release Contact: Kitty Kurth, Phone: 312/617/7288 WASHINGTON DC; THURSDAY, September 30, 2010: A spreading coalition of American based grassroots and human rights organizations who focus on the Great Lakes Region of Africa has congratulated the UN on...
Today is a day unlike others for the Congolese victims of the 1996 invasion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. It is also a new day for all citizens of neighboring nations, particularly the Rwandan citizens of Hutu ethnic...
Statement in French here We, the religious leaders from regions affected by the LRA crisis in Uganda, in Sudan, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Central African Republic (CAR), reunited in Yambio from 8th-10th of September 2010, under the initiative of...
Delegates from the 140 member states of the UN convened at a summit in New York City from September 20 to 22 to discuss the progression of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) just 5 years prior their conclusion. These goals, which were established in 1990 to...
The evidence of a criminal case against President Paul Kagame and associates is overwhelming. A UN report that leaked to the French newspaper Le Monde on August 26 and scheduled to be officially released on October 1st confirms evidence of war crimes, crimes against...
A low intensity conflict is simmering in the Horn of Africa. Hundreds of thousands are displaced following the burning of their homes and the destruction of villages. Livestock and other possessions are being confiscated. Brutal sexual and gender-based abuses are a...
Since August 29, President Nkurunziza has formed a new government to serve with him during his second term. Nkurunziza, the only presidential candidate, won his second term in office on June 28 with an overwhelming majority of votes of 92.62 percent. His party,...
