Africa Global Village

Stand up for love to stop the use of child soldiers

February 13, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergChild Soldiers, DRC, Red Hand, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg February 12, 2013, the world recognizes the International Day of child soldiers. Today, Child Soldiers are reported in 21 on-going conflicts around the world. Vision-GRAM International is an organization based in Canada and run by Congolese activists in order to stop the epidemic of children being forced into combat situations and provides them with education instead. Vision… Read More

DR Congo: War Crimes by M23, Congolese Army Response to Crisis in East Should Emphasize Justice

February 8, 2013 Global Authorcongo, DRC, HRW, Kabila, Kagame, Rwanda

(Goma, February 5, 2013) – M23 rebels and Congolese army soldiers raped scores of women and committed other war crimes during the rebels’ occupation of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo<http://www.hrw.org/drc>in late 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. Ongoing talks among parties to the conflict, countries in the region, and the United Nations should ensure that any agreements include… Read More

U.N. Security Council allows drones for eastern Congo

January 24, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Drones, Kabila, Kagame, M23, Rwanda, UNSC

By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council has given a green light for peacekeepers to use surveillance drones in eastern Democratic Republic of Congoafter weeks of delay over concerns of Russia, Chinaand Rwanda about the use of aerial spy equipment. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wrote to the 15-member council late last month to advise that peacekeepers in Congo planned to use unmanned aerial… Read More

Sanctions on Rwanda, Not Drones over DRC

January 21, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, Drones, FDU, Kagame, Rwanda, UNSC

By: Jennifer Fierberg The use of drones for surveillance, security and other situations has been a hotbed of controversy for many years and in many countries. The UNSC proposed the use of unarmed surveillance drones over DRC in order to monitor the border between Rwanda and DRC much to the disagreement of the Rwandan diplomats at the UN. . Read More

The Man we need

January 15, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, Kabila, Kagame, M23, Mukwege, rape

By Jennifer Fierberg True heroes are hard to find in our world today. So when one courageously stands up for the rights of others there deserves to be recognition and celebration of such a man. In the Democratic Republic of Congo a man dwells there who is a local hero, a true hero in every sense of the word. He… Read More

How an Ant crushes an Elephant

January 11, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, Kabila, Kagame, Obama, Rwanda, UN, UNSC

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW On January 3, 2012 President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 despite his own threat to veto it over exclusions on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. While most Americans will read this Act for how it affects them, as they should, there is a small portion that has the potential to… Read More

Does the U.S. Support Destabilization in the DR Congo?

December 27, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, Jennifer Fierberg, Kabila, Obama, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, Susan Rice

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW One of the most profound and saddening statement I have read recently was made by Kambale Musuvuli, a Congolese activist and spokesperson for Friends of the Congo; he said, “Congo is a test for humanity. Future generations will ask why it took two decades to stop killing of Congolese reaching 6 million dead.” Why indeed. The… Read More

U.S. under pressure over Rwanda involvement in Congo fighting

December 21, 2012 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Obama, Rwanda, USA

JUNIOR D. KANNAH / AFP/GETTY IMAGES A youth identified as a 16-year-old corporal in the Rwandan armed forces sits with other prisoners in Kinshasha, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The government accuses Rwanda of supporting rebels fighting in eastern Congo. GOMA, Congo — It was not the bullet lodged in the officer’s gut, or the botched operation… Read More

UNSC condemns M23, expressed deep concern by neighbors support of Mutineers

October 19, 2012 Global Authorcongo, DRC, Kagame, M23, Rwanda, UN, UNSC

Security Council Presidential Statement on the situation in eastern DRC 1. The Security Council expresses its deep concern regarding the deteriorating security and humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to ongoing military and other destabilizing activities of the 23 March Movement (M23) as well as other armed groups. 2. The Security Council strongly condemns the… Read More

Stop being an Ostrich when it comes to Rwanda’s role in the DRC

June 28, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergClinton, congo, DRC, Friends of Congo, Genocide, Kagame, M23, Mushikiwabo, Obama, RPF, Rwanda, UN Report

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW The Sub Saharan region of Africa has been watched closely by the international community as of late. The news coming out of the region has many human rights activists and organizations’ asking a lot of questions about what is really going on between Rwanda and the DR Congo. Last week on June 19th 2012 President Kagame… Read More

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