Congo Resources

Ed Rackley posts the first article of a promised two-part series on John and Therese Hart, conservationists who have lived and worked in re...

Nicholas Kristof published four op-eds on the DRC recently, to a mix of cheers and boos. Over at Congo Siasa , Jason Stearns wonders why Kri...

Chris Smith, former chief Africa correspondent for Le Monde, writes about the not-quite demise of Françafrique in the latest London Review o...

The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights J. Paul Getty

Here are three stories about the Congo. Try to figure out which one of them is fake: The first is about the Congo's space program, and ...

Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice, at the Holocaust Museum on December 12, 2009, answering a question about her 2006 call for greater sanction...

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Soul Power: Coming soon to a theater near you. (Provided you live near an art-house theater.) From the press release: In 1974, the most cele...

Blogging is light this week because of family obligations. Two new very important reports are out. Global Witness has a new report out on ...

Amid the hosannas, a critique : At every opportunity, the President emphasized internal African causes for the continent's woes, highlig...