John Kerry’s Busy Day at the UN Mark Leon Goldberg July 25, 2013 The US Secretary of State John Kerry is spending a packed day a the United Nations today.
Stunning Images of Congo Refugees on the Run Mark Leon Goldberg July 23, 2013 A stunning, traumatic first hand view of what it's like for families to flee a war zone.
Humanitarian Crisis in the Making Along the Uganda-DRC Border Mark Leon Goldberg July 15, 2013 t 66,000 Congolese people are seeking refuge in Uganda.
Can Ban Ki Moon’s Visit to Congo Revive Peace Efforts? Carol Jean Gallo May 23, 2013 A outburst of violence precedes the a deployment of an peacekeeping intervention brigade.
Bosco “The Terminator” Ntganda at US Embassy in Rwanda Mark Leon Goldberg March 18, 2013 Rwanda's foreign minister tweeted that Bosco Ntaganda -- a militia leader wanted for war crimes by the ICC -- surrendered to the US embassy in Kigali, Rwanda. The US Embassy in Kigali would not confirm nor deny the reports, but told me "we have no authority to take anybody into custody."
Not on A-1: Child Labor in Congo’s Diamond Mines Mark Leon Goldberg February 27, 2013 UNICEF is supporting efforts to find child labourers a way out of the diamond mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is a disturbing video, but important.
DRC Peace Deal. Is this a Big Deal? The Twitter Interview Mark Leon Goldberg February 25, 2013 I just interviewed Dr. Laura Seay, Assistant Professor of political science at Morehouse College about the new framework peace agreement for the DRC, signed between several countries in the great lakes region of Africa yesterday.
In Congo, Women Face Impossible Choice: Risk Rape, or Go Hungry Mark Leon Goldberg January 31, 2013 Meet Collette, a rape counsellor who is changing lives in eastern Congo.
Will there be a military solution in the Congo? Carol Jean Gallo November 27, 2012 The rebel force known as M23 says it is willing to negotiate, but the government says it must withdraw from the city of Goma first. Is this the start of another full scale conflict?
