Blog Posts in Eastern Congo

Posted by Mark Quarterman on Jun 19, 2013

The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are taking tusks to finance their atrocities.

Posted by Enough Team on Jun 19, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry sent a powerful signal Tuesday to the people of war-torn eastern Congo by appointing former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) as the new U.S. special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region.

Posted by Lexi Britton on Jun 15, 2013

A weekly roundup of must-read stories, posted every Friday (sometimes Saturday). 

Posted by Katie Smith on Jun 14, 2013
One Million Bones installation on the National Mall

On June 8, thousands of volunteers clad in white placed one million handcrafted clay and paper mache bones on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Posted by Cody Leblanc on Jun 3, 2013
Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN

In a welcome move on May 29, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice called on the Ugandan/African Union mission against the Lord’s Resistance Army to restart operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.