Congo News

Many of those fleeing are reported to be unaccompanied children, and some people have drowned trying cross a river into Republic of Congo. The UN says at least 100 people have been killed in clashes between Lobala and Boba people...

Congo — Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas. Virunga National Park spokeswoman Samantha Newport says the park is building a sanctuary where schoolchildren and tourists can observe the 2...

Security Council is condemning the upsurge in attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army in Congo, Central African Republic and Sudan. The council is urging these and other countries in the region to cooperate with the U.N. and share information...

UN forces have helped fight Hutu rebels near the Rwanda border since January. The rebels fled Rwanda in 1994 after being accused of involvement in the genocide and have been the cause of major unrest in eastern DR Congo and...

UN-backed Congo military offensive a 'humanitarian disaster' More than 1,000 civilians killed, 7,000 raped, and 900,000 displaced in operation to disarm Hutu rebel group, says report UN peacekeepers have provided tactical expertise and logistical support to the Congolese army offensive,...

Congo ops should continue despite criticism" Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:20:28 GMT Font size : The United Nations should continue support for the Congolese government despite reports of killings and rapes by government troops, UN special envoy to Congo says....

At least 50 peacekeepers have received punishments ranging from reduction in military rank to eight months imprisonment for committing sexual abuses on United Nations missions since 2007, the UN said today. The figures were released after media organizations asked what...

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2009/10/16/aman.rape.congo.docum.cnn It's a link to a Cnn news about raping in Congo. So I checked out any association or organization that we might help with donating or substainging and I found out these ones: http://www.congohelpinghands.org/...

According to the New England Genealogical Society, the Beantown buddies are also cousins...The society dug up proof that the actors, who teamed up as writers and co-stars in Good Will Hunting , are descended from William Knowlton Jr., a bricklayer...