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| Imperial Clash on the Congo Resource Front |
| 2009.01.13 22:00:45 | |
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The recently intensified conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a proxy war intended to stifle Sino-Congolese economic cooperation and promised “mining reform.” Western media remain complicit in the operation by perpetuating the narrative charade of “ethnic tension.” Tags: congo | coltan | minerals | africa | diamond | gorilla | kabila | kagame | cobalt | copper | rainforest Hits: 2607 | Read more... |
| Community United Church of Christ breaks the Silence |
| 2008.10.21 07:30:28 | |
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To kick off Congo Week at Community United Church of Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Sunday October 19th, the Sunday Forum welcomed Kambale Musavuli, campus coordinator of Friends of the Congo. Congo Week, "Breaking the Silence", is an international campus-based initiative to join in solidarity with the people of the Congo in "breaking the silence" about the devastating situation there where nearly 6 million people have died in the last 12 year while the world watched and western companies profited. Community United Church of Christ has a long standing commitment to social and economic justice. The Sunday Forum brings community leaders, public policy experts and activists to a weekly discussion of issues facing our community and nation with the goal of educating the public and increasing advocacy and activism. The Forum met in Vaughan Fellowship Hall at Community UCC which is located at 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh (corner of Wade Avenue and Dixie Trail). Location: Raleigh, North Carolina.
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| Salem College Students Rock for the Congo |
| 2008.10.18 21:51:10 | |
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On Friday, October 17, 2008, students from Salem College organized an event called "Rock the Congo". The organization sponsoring the event is called S.A.M., Student Activists Movement. This event had rock bands and poets coming together to break the silence on the ongoing sexual violence the women in the Congo are enduring. Mr. Kambale Musavuli was the guest speaker during the concert. He reminded the students at Salem college to participate in the Cell Phone boycott scheduled for Wednesday October 22nd from 12 pm to 6 pm.He explained the students there how much their help is needed to break the silence by contacting their legislators. SAM encouraged the students to sign the petition for the International Violence Against Women Act and donate funds for the Panzi hospital in Bukavu. Salem College is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Rachel, Congo Week coordinator for SAM, and Kambale.
S.A.M. members
Psychology and Communications students at Salem breaking the silence.
Kambale speaking to the Salem college students about the conflict in the Congo
One of the Rock band
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| Student Press Conference |
| 2008.09.27 03:40:10 | |
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Student organizers held a press conference on September 22, 2008 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to officially launch the countdown to Congo Week. They issued a call to students throughout the globe to join in the worldwide awareness raising campaign. The students represented Howard University, University of Maryland, Bryn Mawr College, and American University. They issued an appeal to the global community that called for the following: 1. Call for an end to the conflict. No military solution to the conflict. It must be resolved politically and include Rwanda in particular but also other regional players. 2. Appeal for an end to the systemic rape and sexual abuse of the women and children. 3. Call for the cessation of the pilfering of Congo’s immense natural wealth by foreign corporations and local elites. 4. Call for the control and benefit of Congo’s resources by the people of the Congo. 5. Appeal for greater immediate humanitarian intervention and longer term civic and human rights institutional support. Tags: africa | break the silence | students | congo Hits: 1014 | Read more... |