This could be Africa’s Next Big Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg July 3, 2017 Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher or get the app to listen later. Conflict is escalating in one region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and this conflict has the potential to become one of Africa's next big crises.At issue is a brewing situation in a r...
The Kasai Region of the Congo Could Become Africa’s Next Hotspot Carol Jean Gallo May 30, 2017Earlier this year, on March 12, two United Nations investigators – American Michael Sharp and Swedish-Chilean Zaida Catalan – went missing in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Just over a month later, a video documenting their murders...
Two UN Investigators Reportedly Slain in Congo. They Served Humanity Mark Leon Goldberg March 28, 2017On March 17, a team from the UN went missing while traveling on a road in central Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate widespread human rights abuses in a remote village.The team included two members of a UN committee that investigates compliance wi...
Where Risk of a “Rigged” Election is Very Real, Major Unrest Expected Carol Jean Gallo October 25, 2016There is a major crisis looming in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. President Joseph Kabila is facing a constitutionally imposed term limit, yet he clearly wants to stay in power. And unable to fundamentally change the constitution, it seems he is instead...
The ICC’s First Hunger-Striking Defendant Poses a Courtroom Conundrum Carol Jean Gallo September 23, 2016At the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Bosco Ntaganda, who is on trial for his role in war crimes committed in the Ituri district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2002 and 2003, just spent two weeks on hunger strike. He said he...
Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo Could Mean Trouble Carol Jean Gallo February 16, 2016(Bukavu, South Kivu DRC) --The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to hold national elections in November. And though that is months away, there are already signs that the this volatile and conflict prone country may be headed toward a deep politic...
Why Congolese Are Protesting a Census. And Why You Should Care Carol Jean Gallo January 23, 2015Electoral shenanigans are having deadly consequences.
Episode 37: Anneke van Woudenberg Mark Leon Goldberg October 20, 2014The famed human rights investigator in Congo
World Food Program Running out of Money for Congo Operations Mark Leon Goldberg December 9, 2013This is probably the worst thing you will see today.
