News & Resources
In the news - Congo resources - Academic links - Personal recommendations
Charlie Rose Show: A discussion about the conflict in the Congo and clip on the first steps to solving the Congo Crisis (December 2008)
WorldFocus News: Interview about Hilary Clinton's Visit to the Congo (August 2009)
Worldstream talk show on BlogTalkRadio: link to interview (April 2009)
Worldfocus talk show on BlogTalkRadio: Crisis in Congo (December 2008)
WKCR show on Crisis in Congo : link to overview / link to interview (November 2008)
Newspapers & Magazines
Quoted in The Politics (USA), Valeurs Actuelles (France), El Nacional (Venezuela), El Mercurio (Chile), Expresso (Portugal), the Washington Post (USA) ; Barnard Bulletin (USA), Newsweek (USA), Reliefweb (UN), the Columbia Political Review (USA), Inter Press Service News Agency (Italy), The Columbia Spectator (USA).
Congo Resources
Current events
- International Crisis Group - fantastic policy analysis on the Congo crisis
- Enough - great advocacy project on the Congo
- Reliefweb - humanitarian news
- MONUC - official website of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo
- Digital Congo - daily compilation of newspaper articles published in Kinshasa... very biased!
- Colette Braeckman's blog - "Le Carnet de Colette Braeckman", articles de journaux en Francais
- Michael Kavanagh's webpage - news reports fresh from the Eastern Congo
Humanitarian Aid
- Action Against Hunger - emergency aid (nutrition, food security, water and sanitation)
- Doctors Without Borders - emergency aid (mostly medical)
- Life and Peace Institute - one of the only organizations doing local conflict resolution in the eastern Congo!
Academic links
- Political Science Department at Barnard College
- Institute of African Studies at Columbia University
- Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
- International Studies Associations
- American Political Science Association
- United States Institute of Peace
- Inter-University Consortium on Security and Humanitarian Action
- Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development
Personal recommendations
- Nicole's painting - Artwork by a fantastic Belgian artist!
- The Hunger Site - By clicking on this link, you make a donation to selected food charities. At the top of the page, you will see tabs where you can click to make a donation to various other causes (breast cancer, children’s health, world literacy, animal rescue, and rainforest)