A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action, Please
I’m exhausted. And not because of the rapidly approaching holidays. No, I’m exhausted because my schedule is packed with a seemingly endless stream of high-level meetings, panel discussions,...
View ArticleMONUSCO Eyes the Exit in DRC. Is That Prudent or Premature?
Late last week, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for another year. The...
View ArticleDRC: The Humanitarian Crisis Continues
My colleague Michael Boyce and I are currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where we will be traveling to both North Kivu Province in the northeast and Katanga Province in the southeast. With...
View ArticleLiving Hungry in the DRC
In November 2012, the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was on high alert. The notorious M23 rebel group had just taken over, pushing out the Congolese...
View ArticleLittle Assistance for the Displaced in DRC's "Triangle of Death"
“There was war in my home. The Mai Mai came to our village and burned everything there. I came here with my wife and eight children two months ago with nothing but the clothes on our backs. I came to...
View ArticleFinding "Safe Spaces" in Time of Conflict
On December 15th, 2013, violence broke out in the young nation of South Sudan. What began with accusations from President Salva Kiir of an attempted coup d’état by former Vice President Riek Machar...
View ArticleTurning the Screw on Nairobi's Refugees
This post originally appeared at UrbanRefugees.org.read more
View ArticleWe Promised to Help the Women of Congo. Did We Deliver?
Next week, I will be traveling on mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), along with several RI colleagues, where we will be undertaking an in-depth assessment of the challenges that...
View ArticleDying of Hunger in the DRC
Five months ago, I visited a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The people living there first arrived in 2012 and 2013, having fled from...
View ArticleThe Plea from Congolese Women: Please Don't Leave
This blog first appeared on The Hill Congress Blog.read more
View ArticleThe Secret Urban Refugees of Dar es Salaam
Earlier this year, I made my first trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in a search for some urban refugees. Although urban refugees are not officially recognised by the government of Tanzania, some...
View ArticleWith Battle Looming in Eastern DRC, Now Is the Time to Prevent, Prepare, and...
This month, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s longest-running conflicts may finally reach an inflection point. After months of political posturing, it appears that the international community...
View ArticleAssistance Denied: Aid and LGBTI Rights in the Congo
One day on the shores of Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Micheline went to jail. The arrest probably did not come as a surprise to her. Working as a sex worker, run-ins with the police...
View ArticleCentral Africa’s Perilous Polls
The political struggle underway in Burundi has thrust that tiny Central African nation into the global spotlight. Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, is seeking a third term despite being limited...
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