CONGO WATCH

This afternoon, I contacted American blogger and journalist Curt Hopkins after receiving an email from Kathryn Corrick, Online Manager at th...

American readers might like to follow ONE Blog which covers the Live 8 event in America. Just like Live Aid concert 20 years, Live 8 is be...

The Eden Project in Cornwall, England is to stage a major Live8 concert on 2nd July under the banner of "Africa Calling" presente...

Snippets from Keith's insightful post: Next week is the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY festival in Edinburgh before the start of the G8 summit. Eve...

July 1, the first Global White Band Day will see people around the world wearing their white bands and wrapping public buildings in white to...

50,000 people are dying, needlessly, every day of extreme poverty. Everyday, poverty kills 30,000 children in Africa alone. Another 100 wil...

Photo and caption via Reuters: "A Sudanese refugee girl sits in the shadow of her hut as they celebrate Refugee Day at Ikafe camp in n...

June 6, 2005 report via ReliefWeb from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) by Fawzia Sheikh in Kampala, Uganda: An Islamic gue...

A BBC report today confirms the International Criminal Court at The Hague is to launch an inquiry into alleged war crimes in Darfur, wester...

The following comments were received from Cynthia and an anonymous person in response to a recent post here at Congo Watch entitled Women t...

Johannesburg, June 2, 2005 Human Right Watch report. Excerpt: The lure of gold has fuelled massive human rights atrocities in the northeas...

In no way do I see myself as a feminist but I do feel strongly that women should be in charge of African countries for a change. To nurture...

Rwandan Hutu rebels based in eastern Congo are responsible for hundreds of summary executions, rapes, beatings and hostage-taking of Congole...

'This is currently the most expensive UN peacekeeping operation on the globe' writes Jean-Jacques Cornish in a report at Mail &...

Excerpt from a post at Committee to Protect Bloggers Thursday, May 19, 2005: The CPB is asking bloggers and other concerned people to observ...

Note Rebecca MacKinnon's post linking to a live webcast from Harvard's Berkman Center today, May 17, 2005. Jake Shapiro of the Pub...

Here is a don't miss, must-do: listen to Open Source's pilot on podcasting and bloggers without borders. Hear phone interviews an...

See article by Jonathan Curiel, Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle May 15, 2005 entitled No heroes in genocide - Role of Rwanda's pre...

BBC news today says the UN is trying to disarm the Ituri militias: "Various militia groups have continuously fought over the Ituri reg...

NAIROBI, 11 May 2005 ( IRIN ) - Ongoing insecurity is the cause of deteriorating levels of nutrition among people in the south-central provi...