Media News on the Congo and Related Issues

February 26, 2010. A Light at the End of the Tunnel in Congo, by John Prendergast, Foreign Policy

February 10, 2010. The Grotesque Vocubulary in Congo, by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times

February 3, 2010. From 'Oprah' to Building a Sisterhood in Congo, by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times

December 2, 2009. Leaked UN report shows FDLR, a brutal Rwandan rebel group operating in eastern Congo, operates gold, tin, and coltran mines. Key leaders still free in the US and France by Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor

November 29, 2009. CBS 60 Minutes reports on Congo's Gold mining run by warlords causing deaths of millions in Congo

November 17, 2009. Germany Arrests Congo Rebel Leaders by Max Delany and Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor

November 16, 2009. U.N Mulls Exit Strategy for Congo Troops, by Louis Charonneau, Yahoo Asia News

November 2, 2009. U.N. cuts aid to Congo army brigade, CNN's Terence Burke contributed to this report, CNN

October 26, 2009. Preventing and Addressing International Violence Against Women by Zainab Salbi, The Huffington Post

October 22, 2009. In the Congo: Tribal customs, years of warfare have created an environment ripe for rape and sexual abuse by Heritier Maila, StarTribune

October 6, 2009. Help Women, Help the World. Why Development Dollars Must Go to the Girls, by Leila Leghmara and Felix Marquardt, Forbes

September 30, 2009. At Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and Beyond, World Leaders Say Girls Are the Key to Progress by Maria Eitel, The Huffington Post

September 29, 2009. Run For Congo Women Founder, Lisa Shannon, featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. You'll Never Give Up on a Dream After Seeing This Woman, Oprah

September 8, 2009. Congo: An African Country That's Broken, War, hunger and disease has fostered humanitarian disaster by Betsy Pisik, The Washington Times