Central Africa

View of Bulengo IDP camp, Goma, DRC, November 2008

stopthewarinnorthkivu — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:17:50 -0800

View of Bulengo IDP camp, Goma, DRC, November 2008

DRC: Calls for action, intervention

Sameer Padania — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:48:11 -0800

UPDATE (16 Dec):

DRC: Videos from IDP camps?

Sameer Padania — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:50:36 -0800

IDPs, Goma, 2008/10/29

stopthewarinnorthkivu — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:01:39 -0800

Footage shows Mugunga IDP camp and a group of men forced to carry weapons of FARDC

IDPs in Kiwanja, North Kivu, DRC

stopthewarinnorthkivu — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:38:24 -0800

UDHR 60th Anniversary: Bukeni Waruzi (in English, French, Swahili)

Bukeni Waruzi — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:51:00 -0800

For 16 years, WITNESS has harnessed the power of video to advance human rights. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th, we're asking our friends and partners to answer the following question:

What image opened your eyes to human rights?
Was it an image or video that gave you hope, or did it show you how much further we needed to go and inspire you to take action?

DRC: Video testimonies of rape (The Guardian/Leah Chishugi)

Sameer Padania — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:00:47 -0800

I generally read my news online, but sometimes you can feel the impact of a story so much more when you're holding it in your hands. During a brief layover in London on the way to Athens for a conference (on which more in the coming days), I bought a slew of UK newspapers - and one of those papers deserves particular credit for its editorial choices today.

The path of insecurity for DRCongo's refugees

aljazeeraenglish — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:36:02 -0800

After three weeks of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, civilians are hurting. For those caught behind rebel-held lines the situation is dire.

Al Jazeera been given exclusive access to the area, in the village of Kiwanja, eastern Congo. We found people who have fled some of the worst violence in recent days, only to end up at UN outposts which they say can't protect them either.

Mohamed Adow has this exclusive report. (November 12, 2008))

Global Grassroots

GlobalGrassroots — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:14:16 -0700

Global Grassroots was founded in 2004 to support conscious social change for women in post-conflict societies in Africa. Through personal transformation work, social entrepreneurship training and seed funding grants, Global Grassroots helps marginalized women and genocide survivors reclaim their lives and discover their value to society through the development of their own ideas for social change. Global Grassroots also engages in creative campaigns to raise awareness of critical women’s issues globally, including genocide and sexual violence during conflict.

Roundup: Highlights this week on the Hub

Priscila Néri — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:44:08 -0700

1) On the week of Global Action for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) watch this interview with Bukeni Waruzi - WITNESS' Program Coordinator for Africa/Middle East and a native of Uvira, Eastern DRC, where the fighting between Rwandan rebels and the Congolese Army first broke out in 1996.