Last January the conflict in North Kivu shifted once again with the arrest of CNDP rebel group leader Laurent Nkunda in Rwanda and the entry of the Rwandan national army (RDF) into the DR Congo to root out the FDLR rebel group in joint operations with the national Congolese army (FARDC). As Rebecca Feeley of the Enough Said blog explains, the Congolese Minister of Defense, Charles Mwando Nsimba, even went so far as to say that the FDLR threat had been “neutralized.”
January 19th, 2010
December 23rd, 2009
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen received broad media coverage. Yet, despite this flurry of international media attention, the African blogosphere has been relatively calm. It is nations in Africa and the developing world who stand to lose most heavily if global warming continues unchecked.
December 4th, 2009
December 2nd, 2009
Millions around the world came together on Tuesday to show support for those living with HIV/AIDS. Online, in blogs and in forums, many assessed the progress made and the distance left to travel in the fight against discrimination and the spread of the disease. Here's a collection of text, images and video from those writing and speaking in French.
September 12th, 2009
After COP15 Copenhagen: Reactions from the African...
- " Now we have to raise over voices and protest rally and urge to save our mother earth from evi...
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