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In December, one of ...
by rb137
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on Mon Sep 06, 2010 at 07:02 PM PDT
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My interest is in conflict resolution, and when I can, I volunteer my skills as an analyst and writer to help bloody circumstances in Democratic Republic of Congo. I've been writing about it a lot ...
by rb137
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on Mon Jul 05, 2010 at 06:58 PM PDT
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We are complicit in a brutal civil war taking place in The Democratic Republic of Congo. Many of the metals that are used in technology come from the mining operations that support this war. You ...
by rb137
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on Wed Jun 23, 2010 at 07:59 PM PDT
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The Second Congo War, also called Africa's World War, killed 5 million people between 1998 and 2003. It was the largest war in Africa's history; it involved eight African nations and more than ...
by rb137
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on Mon Jun 14, 2010 at 07:03 PM PDT
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There is a brutal civil war taking place in The Democratic Republic of Congo. We are complicit in this conflict, in fact, many of the metals that are used in technology come from the corrupt mining ...
by rb137
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on Tue May 04, 2010 at 11:25 AM PDT
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Meet Jeanne Muliri ...
by rb137
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