Posts Tagged ‘war’
McDermott (D-Washington):“We Each Have the Power to Help Stop War in the Congo”
November 25th, 2009 | 
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Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), flanked by leaders from World Vision, the Enough Project, Global Witness, and the Information Technology Industry Council, unveiled legislation he will introduce in the U.S. House of Representatives today to help stop trade in conflict minerals that is sustaining a brutal war of unfathomable atrocities, especially against women, in the Congo. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) co-sponsored the bill. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Analyse et réflexion, Infos/Nouvelles | 
Tags: africa, Congo, economic crimes, mineral war, USA, war, washington | 
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War on Women in Congo
I have visited and revisited the rape mines of the world, from defined war zones like Bosnia, Afghanistan and Haiti (…) Nothing I have heard or seen compares with what is going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where corporate greed, fueled by capitalist consumption, and the rape of women have merged into a single nightmare. Femicide, the systematic and planned destruction of the female population, is being used as a tactic of war to clear villages, pillage mines and destroy the fabric of Congolese society. Read the rest of this entry »