The Guardian If you are too well connected, you stop thinking. The clamour, the immediacy, the tendency to absorb other people’s thoughts, interrupt the deep abstraction required to find your own way. This is one of the reasons why I have not yet bought a smartphone. But the technology is becoming ever harder to …
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Mar 29 2013
NOVENA TO THE PRINCE OF PEACE
We’ll invite you to join us to the NOVENA TO THE PRINCE OF PEACE, from 1st to 9th April 2013, to supplicate him to give peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo, who lives from 16 years in a horrible war without end. The novena is promoted by “Aid to the Church in Need …
Jan 03 2013
SOS OF THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH KIVU TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S ATTENTION
Julienpaluku.com Copied to the States, Institutions, Agencies and International Organisations: Dear brothers and sisters, Citizens of the World, Leaders, Rulers, Heads of Governments, Institutions and International Missions, Bosses of companies, Businessmen, Researchers, Men of culture, Film-makers, Journalists, Lawyers, Doctors… To you all, men and women who give one minute of your time to listen to us, Since …
Nov 21 2012
Congo’s Eastern Rebels Seize Goma: Will Rwanda Then Take Over?
Worldtime By Alex Perry When I spent a few days with the M23 rebels of eastern Congo in August, they were clear that their April mutiny against the Congolese army and seizure of territory along the Rwandan and Ugandan borders was essentially a form of blackmail. The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its …
Nov 20 2012
DR Congo rebels ‘take control’ of key city Goma
The Congolese rebel group M23 marched into the strategic eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, declaring the city is “in our hands”. Earlier, M23 captured Goma’s airport after days of intense fighting with government troops. By FRANCE 24 (with wires) Congo’s M23 rebels took control of the eastern city of Goma after days of clashes with …
Nov 19 2012
DR Congo rebels close in on Goma
France24 The Congolese rebel group M23 continued their advance on the crucial provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on Monday. A government spokesman said negotiations were not an option with the Rwandan-backed group. By News Wires (text) Rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda fired mortars and machine guns Monday on the outskirts of the …
Nov 15 2012
MASS ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING DOZENS OF CHILDREN, IN SOUTHERN MASISI, EASTERN DRC – UN REPORT
Unog.ch KINSHASA/GENEVA (14 November 2012) – A United Nations investigation into the human rights situation in southern Masisi in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has revealed that at least 264 civilians, including 83 children, were arbitrarily executed by armed groups in more than 75 attacks on villages between …
Sep 26 2012
EU suspends new aid to Rwanda in bid to end DRCongo crisis
Relief Web – Agence Presse France – 25th September 2012 BRUSSELS, Sept 25, 2012 (AFP) – The European Union is suspending new aid to Rwanda following allegations that the country is backing rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an EU spokesman said Tuesday. “The EU is not interrupting ongoing projects, …
Sep 11 2012
DR Congo: M23 Rebels Committing War Crimes
Human right watch – 11th September 2012 M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are responsible for widespread war crimes, including summary executions, rapes, and forced recruitment. Thirty-three of those executed were young men and boys who tried to escape the rebels’ ranks. Rwandan officials may be complicit in war crimes through their continued military …
Aug 08 2012
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT KAGAME BY 11 AMERICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF USA
Here below, you can find the letter to pres. Kagame, wrote by 11 american members of Congress of USA. “We are writing as a bipartisan group of legislators to express our deep concern about the recent and growing conflict in eastern Congo…” Congress letter to Kagame
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