By Joan Akello There are 7,700 United Nations Volunteers (UNV) worldwide. Today they are celebrating their efforts to prevent conflicts, help societies recover from fighting and promote sustainable development, Volunteering embraces all people, from activist who work full-time and the occasional citizen. Volunteers aim at showing compassion, sharing their skills …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda The best way to save DRC is to let it burn. From the ashes of catastrophe lies the chance for a solution Last week, M23 rebels matched into the eastern Congolese town of Goma with very little resistance. The Congolese army simply dropped their weapons and …
Read More »UN report out despite protests
By Agencies Dismissed as a manipulated attempt to rewrite history Rwanda led a chorus of regional protests on Oct. 1 following the publication of a damning UN report on atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003. The huge compendium, an inventory of crimes allegedly …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price