Posted on June 24, 2016. Tags: Central African Republic, disarmament, DRC, LRA, Uganda
In 2012 a 30 minute documentary about a rebel leader in Uganda set the internet alight. KONY 2012 brought to the public view the gruesome activities of Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and his kidnapping of young children. While the campaign itself was short lived, the Bush and later Obama administrations had already pledged […]
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Posted in Africa, Conflict, UN, World
Posted on March 19, 2018. Tags: Africa, African Conflict, Democracy, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Elections, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Internally Displaced Persons, Refugee, Refugee Camps, Refugees, war
The UN Under-Sectretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock, visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this week for the first time. Following meetings with internally displaced persons, Lowcock underscored that the DRC is the site of one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in the world today. A year after his term ended, Congolese […]
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Posted in Africa, Conflict, Refugees, UN, World
Posted on October 18, 2017. Tags: Africa, Corruption, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, economy, Elections, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Kenya, Liberia, Women's Rights
The international community has been quick to praise Liberia’s presidential elections as marking the country’s first peaceful transition of power in decades, with former football star George Weah taking an early lead in provisional results. This is indeed a remarkable feat for a country that has been ravaged by two civil wars, unexpected slumps in […]
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Posted in Africa, World