In Photos: International Women’s Day in D.C.
Across 18 countries, at 103 events, women and men gathered to commemorate International Women’s Day yesterday as part of the Join Me on the Bridge global event sponsored by Women for Women International. Enough’s RAISE Hope for Congo campaign partnered with Women for Women International for the Washington, D.C. event ...
Join Us on the Bridge – It’s International Women’s Day!
Enough’s RAISE Hope for Congo campaign teamed up with Women for Women International for the Join Me on the Bridge global campaign.We'll march across the Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., today in honor of International Women's Day ...
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With Arrest of Genocidaire, France Begins to Confront Its Role in Rwanda
A week ago, and for just three brief hours, French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid a visit to Kigali, the first by a French leader since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Just days later, and as further evidence of France’s effort to “construct a relationship of confidence,” French authorities arrested a woman alleged to be a ringleader of the Hutu Power movement that orchestrated the premeditated attacks on Rwanda’s Tutsi population ...
Anti-LRA Activists Hold Out for Support from Oklahoma Senator
It has now been more than 100 hours since a team of young U.S. activists, inspired to help stop the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa, descended on the Oklahoma City office of Senator Tom Coburn (R) to demand that he lift his hold on a bill aimed at neutralizing the LRA fighters and rebuilding communities long terrorized by the insurgency ...
Must-Read Congo Piece On Newsstands Today
If you’ve read Adam Hochschild’s eye-opening and masterful King Leopold’s Ghost, you’ll probably have the same reaction I had when an advance copy of his newest article, “Blood and Treasure,” came across my desk: Stop multitasking and dedicate full attention to Hochschild’s piece ...
Dan Rather Reports: ‘Can Women Stop War?’
UPDATE: The episode of Dan Rather Reports featuring the women of the Institute for Inclusive Security will air tonight at 8 p.m.and 11 p.m. EST. Tune in via HDNet, and check out a podcast of the show tomorrow on iTunes. Here's a preview ...
Peace Talks in Doha Shaky as Fighting Intensifies in Darfur
The fighting that heated up in Darfur last week continued through the weekend, (unsurprisingly) hampering peace talks in Doha ...
Government Launches Fresh Attacks as Darfur Peace Talks Continue
As talks proceed in Doha over peace in Darfur, bombs from government planes continued to fall on the rebel stronghold of Jebel Marra this week ...
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