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In January 2014, media law specialists from Internews' Media Sector Development Program (MSDP) took part in a TV program to advocate for the adoption of an Access to Information Act. This issue is part of a TV campaign initiated by Africa TV to raise awareness on the importance of access to information in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
DATELINE: February 17, 2017 (Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC / Bandundu region) - Grave images have emerged of a massacre of unarmed civilians in Kabeya Kamuanga Mwanza Lomba village in the Kasai by soldiers under the command of Joseph Kabila. The soldiers who speak Lingala and have FARDC outfits are here slaughtering the so-called militants of Kamwena Nsapu. It is a war crime, incontestably, and a crime against humanity. Here is the sequence of this massacre:
The video begins with armed soldiers saying that "they are not afraid to die, we will show them" They walk and in front of them they have UNARMED CIVILIANS who believe in witchcraft; The myth is that they can not be killed by bullets; However, the FARDC is asking them to open fire on civilians who had a stand off, it seems. “Look, they are dying,” the soldiers said in Lingala, the language of central Congo, as they blasted the civilians. “Watch how they get killed like animals.” After the initial volley, they go further and make sure that everyone is dead and does not fake their death - this is when additional shots are heard and seen. The soldiers then saunter up to the wounded, blasting them in the head with assault rifles from a few feet away. Many of the victims look young; several are women. None carry guns. FARDC soldiers then exclaim: "look that they have died that they are dead - make sure they are all dead" and that the FARC are still the law and kill everyone standing in the path. "We act by virtue of instruction and will continue / hunt / kill all those who stand in the way," he says, adding that they are under the command of Major "Nyembo" and Major "Pitchou." Human Rights Watch, Western diplomats and United Nations officials said they were investigating the video, which was consistent with United Nations reports this week of Congolese government soldiers ruthlessly crushing a local militia in the Kasaï-Central Province. Human rights activists said that the video was filmed by a Congolese government soldier who was part of the execution squad and that the soldier may have felt bad about what happened and leaked it to assuage his conscience. The camera was right behind the soldiers as they raised their rifles. The soldiers did not even take cover when they opened fire. Analysts said it was clear that the soldiers knew that their targets posed no threat. At least 13 bodies could be seen in the video. Lambert Mende, Congo’s information minister, said the video was not filmed in Congo, but possibly another African country, and that it was an attempt by nongovernmental organizations “to destroy the image of the D.R.C.”
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- published: 18 Feb 2017
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People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of engagement in the DR Congo.
- published: 06 Feb 2014
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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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1. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 2nd largest country in Africa and 11th largest in the world. At 2,344,858 square kilometers, the DRC covers a land area larger than the combined territories of Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Lithuania.
2. With a population of over 80 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fourth most-populated nation in Africa and the eighteenth most populated country in the world. The people of the DRC represent over 200 ethnic groups, with nearly 250 languages and dialects spoken throughout the country. Kinshasa, the capital, is the largest French-speaking city in the world.
3. Despite being a poor and conflict-ridden country, the DRC boasts a space program. Privately financed by the Développement Tous Azimuts (DTA), with significant government support, the Troposphere rockets are expected to send cargo to outer space in the near future.
4. Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the next-door Republic of Congo are the closest capital cities in the world (with the exception of Vatican City and Rome). A bridge across the Congo River still needs to be constructed to connect the two political centers.
5. The great apes, such as the bonobos and the eastern lowland gorillas, can be found only in Congo. Along with the common chimpanzee, the bonobo is the closest extant relative to humans. There is no concrete data on population numbers, but the estimate is between 29,500 and 50,000 individuals.
6. The DRC used to have a very strange form of currency. It’s called the Katanga cross. The metal is made of copper and is shaped in the form of an X. During its period of validity, the Katanga cross underwent a change of value from being owned by tribal chiefs and leaders, who used them primarily for large transactions or rituals, to a more widespread use for purchasing perishable goods, although its main and longest use was to bind marriages.
7. The DRC is among the most resource-rich countries on the planet, with an abundance of gold, tantalum, tungsten, and tin – all minerals used in electronics such as cell phones and laptops – yet it continues to have an extremely poor population. Tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold have been dubbed “conflict minerals.” Armed groups use the profits from sales for campaigns of violence.
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- published: 21 Jan 2017
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An interview with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the release of a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a 10-year period, by both state and non-state actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- published: 01 Oct 2010
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Surrounded by nine countries where commercial exchanges are frequent, the DRC has a population of 70 million with a promising and blooming economy; with a GDP growth rate of 7,7 % in 2015 and an inflation rate of 0,815% in 2015.
With an hydroelectric potential of 100 000 megawatts representing 23% of the world’s potential, 37% of the African potential...distributed in 766 sites identified for the construction of:
• Pico –hydroelectric power plant : 20 Kw ;
• Micro- hydroelectric power plant: 20 Kw to 500 Kw
• Mini- hydroelectric power plant: 500 Kw to 2.000 Kw
• Petite- hydroelectric power plant: 2.000 Kw to 10.000 Kw
• Large– hydroelectric power plant: Superior to 10.000 Kw
80 million hectares of arable land and 4 million hectares of irrigable land with only 10 % being exploited currently and the world’s biggest reserve of freshwater: 3.680.000 km of the world’s hydrological basin.
The DRC has 6% of Africa’s oil reserve distributed in three sedimentary basins:
• Costal basin
• Sedimentary basin of the central basin
• The basin of the west branch of East African Rift
A road network of 145.000 km, with 3000 km paved…, a rail network of 5.033 km to be totally restored…270 airport platforms to be reconstructed, 2 international maritime ports to be modernized…
Numerous reforms carried out to improve its business climate like: the promulgation of the law on the liberalization of the electricity sector since 2014, the promulgation of thevery incentive agricultural law, the promulgation of the competitive and incentive hydrocarbon code, the adherence of DRC to OHADA.
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- published: 25 Mar 2017
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been seeing massive anti-government protests in the capital Kinshasa since Monday.
The Senate had postponed a vote on a proposed law that the opposition fears will prolong the president's time in power. Some local gangs have looted stores and companies, including around 30 Chinese stores in the capital. Three Chinese nationals have been reported injured, but most have been evacuated.
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- published: 23 Jan 2015
- views: 790
Public Law 109-456 or "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, Democracy Promotion Act" authorizes the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to provide assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The act also directs the Department of State to request increased funding for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in its annual budget requests through fiscal year 2009. The act requires the President to develop a strategy to implement various policies outlined in the act with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Finally, the act directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy to help resolve instability in the Eastern Congo.
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- published: 16 Oct 2010
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On March 2, 2011, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Network, Friends of the Congo, Foreign Policy in Focus, African Great Lakes Action Network, Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Rwanda, Congo Global Action Coalition, International Humanitarian Law Institute of St. Paul, Mobilization for Peace and Justice in Congo) held a Congressional briefing for Members of the Senate and House and their staffs in order to raise the profile of the UN Mapping Exercise Report and its implications for US Policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region.
This report, released on October 1, 2010, documents "the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003."
Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth says: "If followed by strong regional and international action, this report could make a major contribution to ending the impunity that lies behind the cycle of atrocities in the Great Lakes region of Africa."
Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the State Department said that "The United States is firmly committed to helping the DRC and other nations in the region take positive steps to end the corrosive cycle of violence and impunity."
The speakers on the panel included Jacques Bahati of Africa Faith and Justice Network, Nita Evele of Congo Global Action Coalition, Nii Akuetteh, Africa Policy Analyst, and Claude Gatebuke of Africa Great Lakes Action Network and Rwanda Genocide Survivor. The panel was moderated by Emira Woods of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute of Policy Studies. Kambale Musavuli of Friends of the Congo shared with the audience the policy asks to considered by members of Congress to address justice and stability in the Congo and Great Lakes Region of Africa.
- published: 06 Mar 2011
- views: 1105
This is an extract from a longer film. People who have gone to war against their governments speak frankly about what they did, their knowledge of and respect for the laws of war, and their view of the ICRC's work. All send the same message: war can be won without looting, raping or killing innocent people.
Everyone engaged in combat, including non-State armed groups, is bound by the laws of war. The ICRC helps the armed forces of many countries to meet their legal obligations. The film shows what the organization is doing to strengthen its working relationships with non-State armed groups.
- published: 16 Feb 2011
- views: 354
10 to15 minutes of dancetelling.
During the "Solitude Night", four performers were at the Schloss Library telling dances they've already seen or done, constructing a kind of Library of Performances.
How is it to perform the act of telling or to tell the act of dancing?
This will be the first public experiment by Brazilian choreographer Neto Machado of a research on how to choreograph the experience of documenting dance. Here, choreography is understood as a way of organizing a situation and its intensities. In this case, a situation of embodying traces while performing a singular memory.
Conception and direction: Neto Machado
Created by: Neto Machado, Desiré Davids, Dorine Mokha, Nestor Garcia Dias and Thiago Granato.
Performed by: Dorine Mokha
Neto Machado is a brazilian artist who works in the fields of dance, theater, visual arts, tv and cinema. He is one of the coordinators of Dimenti - an artistic environment responsible, among other projects, for the annual festival IC -Interaction and Conectivity, in Salvador - Bahia. Some of his works are: Desastro (2012), Kodak (2011), Infiltration Techniques (2009), Solution for All the Problems of the World (2007) and Agora (2004). He is also a screenwriter, co-director and actor in Pinta (2013), feature film produced by Dimenti. Neto has already presented in more then 50 cities in Brazil and 10 other countries in various contexts and venues. He also took part in different projects from
Jorge Alencar, Jan Ritsema, Xavier Le Roy, Thiago Granato and Bojana Cvejić.
Dorine Mokha was born 1989 in Lumbubashi/Democratic Republic of the Congo. He graduated in literature at the Collège IMARA in Lumbubashi (2008) and was awarded the »Zengwei« fellowship for his degree in law at the Université de Kisangani, DR Congo (2011). In 2013, he finished his studies with a master’s degree in economic and social law with the thesis »La problématique de la protection des œuvres musicales face aux NTIC en R.D.Congo« at the same university.
Dorine Mokha debuted in Les enfants de Soweto in 2001. Since 2009, he has been living in Kisangani and has been working at the Studios Kabako, where he started with contemporary dance, writing and directing. He worked together with choreographers such as Hafiz Dhaou, Faustin Linyekula, Ula Sickle, the Slovaks Collective, Andreya Ouamba, Sylvain Prunenec, and Boyzie Cekwana. He has done improvisation theatre plays for Papy Mbwiti and Clara Bauer.
In 2009 and 2010, he was awarded twice as part of the »Association des danseurs et choréographes de Kisangani« (DancKis). Dorine Mokha is the author of the dance pieces Reclus (2011) and Entre deux... (2013) and presented Underground, a dance music project, which is part of the Panafrican project PAMOJA.
In 2013, he has been the assistant director of Drums and digging by Faustin Linyekula and presented a preview of his solo Entre deux... at the Connexion KIN festival at Kinshasa. Furthermore, Dorine Mokha participated in the SHARED SPACES network, including his participation at the Connexion KIN festival and the Theaterformen Festival in Hanover/Germany.
- published: 22 Sep 2014
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Olivier Nyirubugara (Amsterdam 27 October 2010)- Rwandan president Paul Kagame has brought to the public place the increasing divergence of views between his administration and its Western partners, formerly known to be unconditional supporters.
“When one walks out, another walks in, saying: ‘I heard that you have a genocide law, a law repressing genocide. We don’t trust you. It is a way to oppress political opponents’, Kagame said on 7 October, during the inauguration of his not-changed government. He was referring specifically to former colonial power Belgium, and to the Netherlands.
In a mixture of local language Kinyarwanda and English, Kagame said his former allies have shut their ears, as many of them are no longer satisfied with his explanations:
“Look”, he said, “I explain to them, persistently”, but some shut their ears, unwilling to listen. He added: “Even the one who listens is not satisfied because your story is not the one he wants to hear’.
He further indicated that the envoys of the former unconditional allies often queue every morning in front of his door, “and when ones walks out another walks in and tells you the same story as the previous one”
In a rather astonishing move, Kagame accuses the former allies of having pushed him into corruption, of having shared its fruit with him. However, as we live in a “funny world”, they are now turning back as judges:
“Even when you have collaborated with them in corruption, you will be the culprit, they will be the judge. Imagine a situation in which you get corrupt together another person and, at the end, that person turns back to you and becomes your judge”, he said, in what analysts saw as a clear reference to the UN mapping exercise that concluded that Kagame’s troops might have committed genocide against the Hutu in the DR Congo.
These developments occur as opposition leaders Victoire Ingabire, Bernard Ntaganda, Deo Mushayidi and others, are in jail: they are all accused of terrorism and are likely to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
- published: 27 Oct 2010
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Democratic republic
A democratic republic is, strictly speaking, a country that is both a republic and a democracy. It is one where ultimate authority and power is derived from the citizens, and the government itself is run through elected officials.
However, in recent practice, countries that have described themselves as democratic republics have not always held free or fair elections. Two examples of this were the German Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, communist states commonly known as East Germany and North Vietnam. Another is the Democratic Republic of the Congo which in 2011 was rated by Freedom House as a "not free" country, having a rating of 6.0 (1.0 being completely free and 7.0 being completely unfree). Also, the 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea', commonly known as North Korea, is rated the least democratic in the world, run by a dictator. A republic is a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote.
Current countries self-described as democratic republics
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Coordinates: 1°26′24″S 15°33′22″E / 1.44°S 15.556°E / -1.44; 15.556
The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic,West Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.
The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo was a Marxist–Leninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991. Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years.
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Coordinates: 2°52′48″S 23°39′22″E / 2.88°S 23.656°E / -2.88; 23.656
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (/ˈkɒŋɡoʊ/; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ɡo]; French: République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, DRC, DROC, RDC, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo is a country located in Central Africa. From 1971 to 1997 it was named Zaïre. The DRC borders the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to the east; Zambia and Angola to the south; and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It is the second largest country in Africa by area, the largest in Subsaharan Africa, and the eleventh largest in the world. With a population of over 75 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populated officially Francophone country, the fourth most populated nation in Africa and the nineteenth most populated country in the world.
The Congolese Civil Wars, which began in 1996, brought about the end of Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year reign and devastated the country. The wars ultimately involved nine African nations, multiple groups of UN peacekeepers and twenty armed groups, and resulted in the deaths of 5.4 million people.
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Congo
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Benda Bilili!
Benda Bilili! is a 2010 documentary by Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tullaye, produced by Yves Chanvillard and Nadim Cheikhrouha (Screenrunner).
The film follows the Kinshasa street musician group Staff Benda Bilili, whose core members of the group are disabled due to polio. "Benda Bilili" means “look beyond appearances” in Lingala.
Renaud Barret and partner Florent de La Tullaye first spotted the group performing on the streets of Kinshasa in 2004. The shooting lasted 5 years until the Staff Benda Bilili became worldwide acclaimed. Amid this larger arc of triumph over adversity, it’s Barret and de La Tullaye’s joint eye for smaller personal and environmental details that keep the film witty and surprising: the camera captures the social cut-and-thrust of urban Kinshasa, before reflecting the group’s wonder at a wider world they previously imagined only in mythic terms. In Benda Bilili!, the sense of discovery between subject and audience is thrillingly mutual.
Benda Bilili! received standing ovations when it opened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, with the group in attendance, and performing at the Directors' Fortnight opening party.
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31:53Democratic Republic of Congo: Media Law Specialists Discuss Freedom of Information (French)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Media Law Specialists Discuss Freedom of Information (French)Democratic Republic of Congo: Media Law Specialists Discuss Freedom of Information (French)
In January 2014, media law specialists from Internews' Media Sector Development Program (MSDP) took part in a TV program to advocate for the adoption of an Access to Information Act. This issue is part of a TV campaign initiated by Africa TV to raise awareness on the importance of access to information in the Democratic Republic of Congo. -
13:31Massacre In The Congo - ‘Look They Are Dying’ - Massacre of Civilians by Congolese Soldiers
Massacre In The Congo - ‘Look They Are Dying’ - Massacre of Civilians by Congolese SoldiersMassacre In The Congo - ‘Look They Are Dying’ - Massacre of Civilians by Congolese Soldiers
DATELINE: February 17, 2017 (Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC / Bandundu region) - Grave images have emerged of a massacre of unarmed civilians in Kabeya Kamuanga Mwanza Lomba village in the Kasai by soldiers under the command of Joseph Kabila. The soldiers who speak Lingala and have FARDC outfits are here slaughtering the so-called militants of Kamwena Nsapu. It is a war crime, incontestably, and a crime against humanity. Here is the sequence of this massacre: The video begins with armed soldiers saying that "they are not afraid to die, we will show them" They walk and in front of them they have UNARMED CIVILIANS who believe in witchcraft; The myth is that they can not be killed by bullets; However, the FARDC is asking them to open fire on civilians who had a stand off, it seems. “Look, they are dying,” the soldiers said in Lingala, the language of central Congo, as they blasted the civilians. “Watch how they get killed like animals.” After the initial volley, they go further and make sure that everyone is dead and does not fake their death - this is when additional shots are heard and seen. The soldiers then saunter up to the wounded, blasting them in the head with assault rifles from a few feet away. Many of the victims look young; several are women. None carry guns. FARDC soldiers then exclaim: "look that they have died that they are dead - make sure they are all dead" and that the FARC are still the law and kill everyone standing in the path. "We act by virtue of instruction and will continue / hunt / kill all those who stand in the way," he says, adding that they are under the command of Major "Nyembo" and Major "Pitchou." Human Rights Watch, Western diplomats and United Nations officials said they were investigating the video, which was consistent with United Nations reports this week of Congolese government soldiers ruthlessly crushing a local militia in the Kasaï-Central Province. Human rights activists said that the video was filmed by a Congolese government soldier who was part of the execution squad and that the soldier may have felt bad about what happened and leaked it to assuage his conscience. The camera was right behind the soldiers as they raised their rifles. The soldiers did not even take cover when they opened fire. Analysts said it was clear that the soldiers knew that their targets posed no threat. At least 13 bodies could be seen in the video. Lambert Mende, Congo’s information minister, said the video was not filmed in Congo, but possibly another African country, and that it was an attempt by nongovernmental organizations “to destroy the image of the D.R.C.” Comment, SUBSCRIBE, check out the other videos on the Channel, and also hit the donate Support button to Help Us bring U more fresh content. This Channel is supported by the will of the People, so please consider hitting the +Google donation button on the page HERE: Thank You. https://www.youtube.com/user/MarlandX2012/about -
25:01People & Power - Congo and the General
People & Power - Congo and the GeneralPeople & Power - Congo and the General
People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of engagement in the DR Congo. -
3:227 Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo
7 Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo7 Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo
Learn, Share, Subscribe The African series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRSS8U_aviqtyOJOPSmcRlyd The Oceanian series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRT-Yslq4Rpl_1bByPrZqYyM The American Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRR8eYVQa9r_t3h4Tc2bmhsu The Asian series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRRGIkTyr4u371Fx6e88Qx2N The European Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRTa_XMM9a4hDh2Yo9CsZzOR Social Media: https://twitter.com/Sebastian2Go https://www.facebook.com/official7facts ------------------------------------------------ In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo. More information about the video content bellow: 1. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 2nd largest country in Africa and 11th largest in the world. At 2,344,858 square kilometers, the DRC covers a land area larger than the combined territories of Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Lithuania. 2. With a population of over 80 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fourth most-populated nation in Africa and the eighteenth most populated country in the world. The people of the DRC represent over 200 ethnic groups, with nearly 250 languages and dialects spoken throughout the country. Kinshasa, the capital, is the largest French-speaking city in the world. 3. Despite being a poor and conflict-ridden country, the DRC boasts a space program. Privately financed by the Développement Tous Azimuts (DTA), with significant government support, the Troposphere rockets are expected to send cargo to outer space in the near future. 4. Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the next-door Republic of Congo are the closest capital cities in the world (with the exception of Vatican City and Rome). A bridge across the Congo River still needs to be constructed to connect the two political centers. 5. The great apes, such as the bonobos and the eastern lowland gorillas, can be found only in Congo. Along with the common chimpanzee, the bonobo is the closest extant relative to humans. There is no concrete data on population numbers, but the estimate is between 29,500 and 50,000 individuals. 6. The DRC used to have a very strange form of currency. It’s called the Katanga cross. The metal is made of copper and is shaped in the form of an X. During its period of validity, the Katanga cross underwent a change of value from being owned by tribal chiefs and leaders, who used them primarily for large transactions or rituals, to a more widespread use for purchasing perishable goods, although its main and longest use was to bind marriages. 7. The DRC is among the most resource-rich countries on the planet, with an abundance of gold, tantalum, tungsten, and tin – all minerals used in electronics such as cell phones and laptops – yet it continues to have an extremely poor population. Tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold have been dubbed “conflict minerals.” Armed groups use the profits from sales for campaigns of violence. More Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere_(rocket_family) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Katanga_cross Music: Teknoaxe – Cutting Through the Madness https://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe Images: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Dr_congo_in_au.png http://kingofwallpapers.com/congo/congo-013.jpg http://africa-facts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/african-kids.jpg https://childrenincrisis.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/jess.jpg https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/launch-of-NOAA-17.jpg https://images.vice.com/vice/images/articles/meta/2014/03/15/hows-the-congolese-space-program-doing-1413249485257.jpeg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,center&resize;=1440:* http://airlines-airports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Congo-Kinshasa.jpg http://www.gtreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kinshasa-Republic-Of-The-Congo-River-Crane-e1434104342420.jpg http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/xx_factor/2016/09/14/why_do_we_idolize_chimps_when_we_could_be_imitating_feminist_bonobos/72408173-kinshasa-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-this-picture.jpg.CROP.promo-xlarge2.jpg http://www.awf.org/sites/default/files/media/gallery/wildlife/Bonobo/620065_CYRIL%20RUOSO.jpg?itok=8W9zuAbi http://www.amazigh.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/KGrHqZoQFIrli9M7zBSQe1diL2g60_571.jpg https://www.sheridan-portraits.fr/collections/article-01/48-katanga-cross.JPG http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/20kimk/files/2014/10/2234_1pngmining_025__1_-2mblv3n.jpg http://interrete.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Conflict-Minerals-Rebels-and-Child-Soldiers-in-Congo-.jpg Intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZ0nbYy5To Intro Creator: Design Showcase https://www.youtube.com/hasanhalai123 -
4:31UN Releases D.R. Congo Mapping report
UN Releases D.R. Congo Mapping reportUN Releases D.R. Congo Mapping report
An interview with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the release of a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a 10-year period, by both state and non-state actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
0:30Invest in DR Congo
Invest in DR CongoInvest in DR Congo
Surrounded by nine countries where commercial exchanges are frequent, the DRC has a population of 70 million with a promising and blooming economy; with a GDP growth rate of 7,7 % in 2015 and an inflation rate of 0,815% in 2015. With an hydroelectric potential of 100 000 megawatts representing 23% of the world’s potential, 37% of the African potential...distributed in 766 sites identified for the construction of: • Pico –hydroelectric power plant : 20 Kw ; • Micro- hydroelectric power plant: 20 Kw to 500 Kw • Mini- hydroelectric power plant: 500 Kw to 2.000 Kw • Petite- hydroelectric power plant: 2.000 Kw to 10.000 Kw • Large– hydroelectric power plant: Superior to 10.000 Kw 80 million hectares of arable land and 4 million hectares of irrigable land with only 10 % being exploited currently and the world’s biggest reserve of freshwater: 3.680.000 km of the world’s hydrological basin. The DRC has 6% of Africa’s oil reserve distributed in three sedimentary basins: • Costal basin • Sedimentary basin of the central basin • The basin of the west branch of East African Rift A road network of 145.000 km, with 3000 km paved…, a rail network of 5.033 km to be totally restored…270 airport platforms to be reconstructed, 2 international maritime ports to be modernized… Numerous reforms carried out to improve its business climate like: the promulgation of the law on the liberalization of the electricity sector since 2014, the promulgation of thevery incentive agricultural law, the promulgation of the competitive and incentive hydrocarbon code, the adherence of DRC to OHADA. INVESTING IN THE PRESENT DAY IN DRC IS THE PATH OF REASON ANAPI is ready to support you in the concretization of your investments projects in ANAPI-DRC Phone: +243999925026 Website: www.investindrc.cd E-mail address: anapirdc@yahoo.fr/anapi@investindrc.com -
1:15About 30 Chinese stores looted in D.R. Congo
About 30 Chinese stores looted in D.R. CongoAbout 30 Chinese stores looted in D.R. Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been seeing massive anti-government protests in the capital Kinshasa since Monday. The Senate had postponed a vote on a proposed law that the opposition fears will prolong the president's time in power. Some local gangs have looted stores and companies, including around 30 Chinese stores in the capital. Three Chinese nationals have been reported injured, but most have been evacuated. Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTVcomInternational Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/cctv-news/id878031632?mt=8 Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cn.cctvnews Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/cctv_english Instagram: http://instagram.com/cctvenglish Weibo: http://weibo.com/cntvenglish -
1:36The Obama Law (PL 109-456), DR Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
The Obama Law (PL 109-456), DR Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006The Obama Law (PL 109-456), DR Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
Public Law 109-456 or "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, Democracy Promotion Act" authorizes the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to provide assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The act also directs the Department of State to request increased funding for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in its annual budget requests through fiscal year 2009. The act requires the President to develop a strategy to implement various policies outlined in the act with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Finally, the act directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy to help resolve instability in the Eastern Congo. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-2125 -
2:41March 2 Congressional Briefing on D.R. Congo - Welcome by Emira Woods
March 2 Congressional Briefing on D.R. Congo - Welcome by Emira WoodsMarch 2 Congressional Briefing on D.R. Congo - Welcome by Emira Woods
On March 2, 2011, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Network, Friends of the Congo, Foreign Policy in Focus, African Great Lakes Action Network, Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Rwanda, Congo Global Action Coalition, International Humanitarian Law Institute of St. Paul, Mobilization for Peace and Justice in Congo) held a Congressional briefing for Members of the Senate and House and their staffs in order to raise the profile of the UN Mapping Exercise Report and its implications for US Policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. This report, released on October 1, 2010, documents "the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003." Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth says: "If followed by strong regional and international action, this report could make a major contribution to ending the impunity that lies behind the cycle of atrocities in the Great Lakes region of Africa." Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the State Department said that "The United States is firmly committed to helping the DRC and other nations in the region take positive steps to end the corrosive cycle of violence and impunity." The speakers on the panel included Jacques Bahati of Africa Faith and Justice Network, Nita Evele of Congo Global Action Coalition, Nii Akuetteh, Africa Policy Analyst, and Claude Gatebuke of Africa Great Lakes Action Network and Rwanda Genocide Survivor. The panel was moderated by Emira Woods of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute of Policy Studies. Kambale Musavuli of Friends of the Congo shared with the audience the policy asks to considered by members of Congress to address justice and stability in the Congo and Great Lakes Region of Africa. -
8:19Republic of the Congo: words of warriors
Republic of the Congo: words of warriorsRepublic of the Congo: words of warriors
This is an extract from a longer film. People who have gone to war against their governments speak frankly about what they did, their knowledge of and respect for the laws of war, and their view of the ICRC's work. All send the same message: war can be won without looting, raping or killing innocent people. Everyone engaged in combat, including non-State armed groups, is bound by the laws of war. The ICRC helps the armed forces of many countries to meet their legal obligations. The film shows what the organization is doing to strengthen its working relationships with non-State armed groups. -
10:44Let Me Tell You Something by Neto Machado with Dorine Mokha - at Solitude Night
Let Me Tell You Something by Neto Machado with Dorine Mokha - at Solitude NightLet Me Tell You Something by Neto Machado with Dorine Mokha - at Solitude Night
10 to15 minutes of dancetelling. During the "Solitude Night", four performers were at the Schloss Library telling dances they've already seen or done, constructing a kind of Library of Performances. How is it to perform the act of telling or to tell the act of dancing? This will be the first public experiment by Brazilian choreographer Neto Machado of a research on how to choreograph the experience of documenting dance. Here, choreography is understood as a way of organizing a situation and its intensities. In this case, a situation of embodying traces while performing a singular memory. Conception and direction: Neto Machado Created by: Neto Machado, Desiré Davids, Dorine Mokha, Nestor Garcia Dias and Thiago Granato. Performed by: Dorine Mokha Neto Machado is a brazilian artist who works in the fields of dance, theater, visual arts, tv and cinema. He is one of the coordinators of Dimenti - an artistic environment responsible, among other projects, for the annual festival IC -Interaction and Conectivity, in Salvador - Bahia. Some of his works are: Desastro (2012), Kodak (2011), Infiltration Techniques (2009), Solution for All the Problems of the World (2007) and Agora (2004). He is also a screenwriter, co-director and actor in Pinta (2013), feature film produced by Dimenti. Neto has already presented in more then 50 cities in Brazil and 10 other countries in various contexts and venues. He also took part in different projects from Jorge Alencar, Jan Ritsema, Xavier Le Roy, Thiago Granato and Bojana Cvejić. Dorine Mokha was born 1989 in Lumbubashi/Democratic Republic of the Congo. He graduated in literature at the Collège IMARA in Lumbubashi (2008) and was awarded the »Zengwei« fellowship for his degree in law at the Université de Kisangani, DR Congo (2011). In 2013, he finished his studies with a master’s degree in economic and social law with the thesis »La problématique de la protection des œuvres musicales face aux NTIC en R.D.Congo« at the same university. Dorine Mokha debuted in Les enfants de Soweto in 2001. Since 2009, he has been living in Kisangani and has been working at the Studios Kabako, where he started with contemporary dance, writing and directing. He worked together with choreographers such as Hafiz Dhaou, Faustin Linyekula, Ula Sickle, the Slovaks Collective, Andreya Ouamba, Sylvain Prunenec, and Boyzie Cekwana. He has done improvisation theatre plays for Papy Mbwiti and Clara Bauer. In 2009 and 2010, he was awarded twice as part of the »Association des danseurs et choréographes de Kisangani« (DancKis). Dorine Mokha is the author of the dance pieces Reclus (2011) and Entre deux... (2013) and presented Underground, a dance music project, which is part of the Panafrican project PAMOJA. In 2013, he has been the assistant director of Drums and digging by Faustin Linyekula and presented a preview of his solo Entre deux... at the Connexion KIN festival at Kinshasa. Furthermore, Dorine Mokha participated in the SHARED SPACES network, including his participation at the Connexion KIN festival and the Theaterformen Festival in Hanover/Germany. -
9:35Westerners no longer swallow my story, says Kagame
Westerners no longer swallow my story, says KagameWesterners no longer swallow my story, says Kagame
Olivier Nyirubugara (Amsterdam 27 October 2010)- Rwandan president Paul Kagame has brought to the public place the increasing divergence of views between his administration and its Western partners, formerly known to be unconditional supporters. “When one walks out, another walks in, saying: ‘I heard that you have a genocide law, a law repressing genocide. We don’t trust you. It is a way to oppress political opponents’, Kagame said on 7 October, during the inauguration of his not-changed government. He was referring specifically to former colonial power Belgium, and to the Netherlands. In a mixture of local language Kinyarwanda and English, Kagame said his former allies have shut their ears, as many of them are no longer satisfied with his explanations: “Look”, he said, “I explain to them, persistently”, but some shut their ears, unwilling to listen. He added: “Even the one who listens is not satisfied because your story is not the one he wants to hear’. He further indicated that the envoys of the former unconditional allies often queue every morning in front of his door, “and when ones walks out another walks in and tells you the same story as the previous one” In a rather astonishing move, Kagame accuses the former allies of having pushed him into corruption, of having shared its fruit with him. However, as we live in a “funny world”, they are now turning back as judges: “Even when you have collaborated with them in corruption, you will be the culprit, they will be the judge. Imagine a situation in which you get corrupt together another person and, at the end, that person turns back to you and becomes your judge”, he said, in what analysts saw as a clear reference to the UN mapping exercise that concluded that Kagame’s troops might have committed genocide against the Hutu in the DR Congo. These developments occur as opposition leaders Victoire Ingabire, Bernard Ntaganda, Deo Mushayidi and others, are in jail: they are all accused of terrorism and are likely to spend the rest of their lives in jail. -
5:46La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 Winner
La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 WinnerLa Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 Winner
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 43 indigenous peoples organizations from across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group has lobbied for a legal framework in the DRC that promotes and protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In an ambitious 2014 campaign, the initiative also drafted legislation protecting the rights of indigenous pygmies and organizing a historic, and successful, march of thousands of pygmies through the streets of Kinshasa to demand the law’s adoption.The group aims to reduce poverty in indigenous pygmy communities through the conservation and sustainable use of forests and applied traditional knowledge. Its advocacy work has stopped concessions for over 600,000 square kilometers of forest and has helped maintain a moratorium on the allocation of extractive industry concessions in the rainforest. Read more here: http://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view;=winner_detail&id;=222&Itemid;=683⟨=en -
16:18Staff Benda Bilili KING MixSpecial
Staff Benda Bilili KING MixSpecialStaff Benda Bilili KING MixSpecial
I was first introduced to the brilliance of Staff Benda by my brother-in-law young Morell Maison who has been a fan and collector of their music for several years now. When Daniella and I first sat down to watch them we we fell HookLine&Sinker and became instant converts. This compilation is dedicated to M'lil-Bro Morel with grateful thanx Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in Congo-Kinshasa. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm 'n' blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges, abandoned street kids who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18 year-old boy (2009) who plays guitar-like solos on an electrified one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can. Staff Benda Bilili have earned the 2009 Artist Award at Womex (World Music Expo) Staff Benda Bilili have sought to raise awareness about crimes against humanity in Democratic Republic of the Congo, contributing to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation. Background Staff Benda Bilili was formed by Ricky Lickabu and Coco Ngambali with other polio victims as other bands in Kinshasa would not work with them and was later joined by a teenager, Roger Landu, who fashioned his own instrument from an empty fish can, a piece of wood and a guitar string.[2] The band rehearsed in Kinshasa zoo, because it was a quiet location, and played the streets of Kinshasa until they were heard by Vincent Kenis, a Belgian record producer specialising in Congolese music, who arranged for the band to record their debut album, Tres Tres Fort ("Very Very Strong"). The "voting song" In 2006, Staff Benda Bilili's song Let's Go and Vote ("Allons Voter"), written and performed by the musicians, was played repeatedly in the run-up to the 2006 historic polls on radio and television stations; it was reported to be responsible for a 70% increase in voter turnout. The credits on the video clip says it was produced by Monuc UN Mission in DR Congo and distributed by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The musicians were not offered contracts, but were reportedly paid $50 each. Staff Benda Bilili have filed a lawsuit in the Congolese courts seeking $100,000 for Monuc's use of their music The videos and the film Staff Benda Bilili were featured in the documentary film "Jupiter's Dance", by Renaud Barret and Florent de la Tullaye (aka Belle Kinoise), who have been documenting the band's progress since 2005. They shot several videos, which have become quite popular on the internet. Barret and de la Tullaye have now finished a feature-length documentary on the band. Entitled Benda Bilili!, it has been selected by the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight) at the 2010 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and premiered on May 13, 2010 to critical acclaim on the opening day of the Quinzaine. Career Entitled Très Très Fort, the band's debut album was released on Crammed Discs in March 2009. It was produced over the course of three years by Crammed's Vincent Kenis (known for introducing and producing bands such as Konono Nº1, Kasai Allstars, and for the Congotronics series). Kenis recorded the band mostly in the Kinshasa zoo. The album also contains four of Barret & de la Tullaye's videos. Staff Benda Bilili's Très Très Fort album will also be released on vinyl by Crammed Discs, only as part of the limited-edition Congotronics Vinyl Box Set which includes most albums on the Congotronics series. Initial media reactions to Très Très Fort were excellent, especially in the UK, the USA] and France. In June 2010, Staff Benda Bilili contributed the song "Je t'aime" from Très Très Fort to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo’s women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo. • Staff Benda Bilili page on the site of the Crammed Discs label: http://crammed.be.dd5126.kasserver.com/index.php?id=34&art;_id=146 • Womex Artist Award page: http://www.womex.com/realwomex/main.php?id_headings=88&id;_realwomex=11&subheading;=104 • Appearance on BBC's Newsnight: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8370203.stm @@@@@@@@@
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Media Law Specialists Discuss Freedom of Information (French)
In January 2014, media law specialists from Internews' Media Sector Development Program (MSDP) took part in a TV program to advocate for the adoption of an Access to Information Act. This issue is part of a TV campaign initiated by Africa TV to raise awareness on the importance of access to information in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
published: 07 Mar 2014 -
Massacre In The Congo - ‘Look They Are Dying’ - Massacre of Civilians by Congolese Soldiers
DATELINE: February 17, 2017 (Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC / Bandundu region) - Grave images have emerged of a massacre of unarmed civilians in Kabeya Kamuanga Mwanza Lomba village in the Kasai by soldiers under the command of Joseph Kabila. The soldiers who speak Lingala and have FARDC outfits are here slaughtering the so-called militants of Kamwena Nsapu. It is a war crime, incontestably, and a crime against humanity. Here is the sequence of this massacre: The video begins with armed soldiers saying that "they are not afraid to die, we will show them" They walk and in front of them they have UNARMED CIVILIANS who believe in witchcraft; The myth is that they can not be killed by bullets; However, the FARDC is asking them to open fire on civilians who had a stand off, it seems. “L...
published: 18 Feb 2017 -
People & Power - Congo and the General
People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of engagement in the DR Congo.
published: 06 Feb 2014 -
7 Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo
Learn, Share, Subscribe The African series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRSS8U_aviqtyOJOPSmcRlyd The Oceanian series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRT-Yslq4Rpl_1bByPrZqYyM The American Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRR8eYVQa9r_t3h4Tc2bmhsu The Asian series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRRGIkTyr4u371Fx6e88Qx2N The European Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRTa_XMM9a4hDh2Yo9CsZzOR Social Media: https://twitter.com/Sebastian2Go https://www.facebook.com/official7facts ------------------------------------------------ In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo. More information about the video content bellow: 1. The Democratic Republ...
published: 21 Jan 2017 -
UN Releases D.R. Congo Mapping report
An interview with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the release of a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a 10-year period, by both state and non-state actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
published: 01 Oct 2010 -
Invest in DR Congo
Surrounded by nine countries where commercial exchanges are frequent, the DRC has a population of 70 million with a promising and blooming economy; with a GDP growth rate of 7,7 % in 2015 and an inflation rate of 0,815% in 2015. With an hydroelectric potential of 100 000 megawatts representing 23% of the world’s potential, 37% of the African potential...distributed in 766 sites identified for the construction of: • Pico –hydroelectric power plant : 20 Kw ; • Micro- hydroelectric power plant: 20 Kw to 500 Kw • Mini- hydroelectric power plant: 500 Kw to 2.000 Kw • Petite- hydroelectric power plant: 2.000 Kw to 10.000 Kw • Large– hydroelectric power plant: Superior to 10.000 Kw 80 million hectares of arable land and 4 million hectares of irrigable land with only 10 % being exploited currently...
published: 25 Mar 2017 -
About 30 Chinese stores looted in D.R. Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been seeing massive anti-government protests in the capital Kinshasa since Monday. The Senate had postponed a vote on a proposed law that the opposition fears will prolong the president's time in power. Some local gangs have looted stores and companies, including around 30 Chinese stores in the capital. Three Chinese nationals have been reported injured, but most have been evacuated. Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTVcomInternational Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/cctv-news/id878031632?mt=8 Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cn.cctvnews Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/cctv_english Instagram: http://instagram...
published: 23 Jan 2015 -
The Obama Law (PL 109-456), DR Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
Public Law 109-456 or "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, Democracy Promotion Act" authorizes the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to provide assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The act also directs the Department of State to request increased funding for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in its annual budget requests through fiscal year 2009. The act requires the President to develop a strategy to implement various policies outlined in the act with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Finally, the act directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy to help resolve instability in the Eastern Congo. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-2125
published: 16 Oct 2010 -
March 2 Congressional Briefing on D.R. Congo - Welcome by Emira Woods
On March 2, 2011, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Network, Friends of the Congo, Foreign Policy in Focus, African Great Lakes Action Network, Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Rwanda, Congo Global Action Coalition, International Humanitarian Law Institute of St. Paul, Mobilization for Peace and Justice in Congo) held a Congressional briefing for Members of the Senate and House and their staffs in order to raise the profile of the UN Mapping Exercise Report and its implications for US Policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. This report, released on October 1, 2010, documents "the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Cong...
published: 06 Mar 2011 -
Republic of the Congo: words of warriors
This is an extract from a longer film. People who have gone to war against their governments speak frankly about what they did, their knowledge of and respect for the laws of war, and their view of the ICRC's work. All send the same message: war can be won without looting, raping or killing innocent people. Everyone engaged in combat, including non-State armed groups, is bound by the laws of war. The ICRC helps the armed forces of many countries to meet their legal obligations. The film shows what the organization is doing to strengthen its working relationships with non-State armed groups.
published: 16 Feb 2011 -
Let Me Tell You Something by Neto Machado with Dorine Mokha - at Solitude Night
10 to15 minutes of dancetelling. During the "Solitude Night", four performers were at the Schloss Library telling dances they've already seen or done, constructing a kind of Library of Performances. How is it to perform the act of telling or to tell the act of dancing? This will be the first public experiment by Brazilian choreographer Neto Machado of a research on how to choreograph the experience of documenting dance. Here, choreography is understood as a way of organizing a situation and its intensities. In this case, a situation of embodying traces while performing a singular memory. Conception and direction: Neto Machado Created by: Neto Machado, Desiré Davids, Dorine Mokha, Nestor Garcia Dias and Thiago Granato. Performed by: Dorine Mokha Neto Machado is a brazilian artist...
published: 22 Sep 2014 -
Westerners no longer swallow my story, says Kagame
Olivier Nyirubugara (Amsterdam 27 October 2010)- Rwandan president Paul Kagame has brought to the public place the increasing divergence of views between his administration and its Western partners, formerly known to be unconditional supporters. “When one walks out, another walks in, saying: ‘I heard that you have a genocide law, a law repressing genocide. We don’t trust you. It is a way to oppress political opponents’, Kagame said on 7 October, during the inauguration of his not-changed government. He was referring specifically to former colonial power Belgium, and to the Netherlands. In a mixture of local language Kinyarwanda and English, Kagame said his former allies have shut their ears, as many of them are no longer satisfied with his explanations: “Look”, he said, “I explain to t...
published: 27 Oct 2010 -
La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 Winner
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 43 indigenous peoples organizations from across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group has lobbied for a legal framework in the DRC that promotes and protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In an ambitious 2014 campaign, the initiative also drafted legislation protecting the rights of indigenous pygmies and organizing a historic, and successful, march of thousands of pygmies through the streets of Kinshasa to demand the law’s adoption.The group aims to reduce poverty in indigenous pygmy communities through the conservation and sustainable use of forests and applied traditional knowledge. Its advocacy work has stopped co...
published: 09 Feb 2016 -
Staff Benda Bilili KING MixSpecial
I was first introduced to the brilliance of Staff Benda by my brother-in-law young Morell Maison who has been a fan and collector of their music for several years now. When Daniella and I first sat down to watch them we we fell HookLine&Sinker and became instant converts. This compilation is dedicated to M'lil-Bro Morel with grateful thanx Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in Congo-Kinshasa. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm 'n' blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm se...
published: 25 May 2011 -
Central African refugee in Kinshasa sings for the continent
Arnold (21) is a Central African refugee in Kinshasa (DR Congo) who chose not to stay in a refugee camp in order to pursue his studies in the capital. He is therefore not assisted by the UNHCR. Arnold is trying to round up his last year of high school, with his own money. In addition to school, he has developed a passion for music. In this video you will learn more about Arnold’s philosophy of life, his pleas and his complaints. He has witnessed several attempts to encourage the rule of law in his country. But he has also seen how all these attempts have failed. He invites Centrafricans to revise all the reconciliation programs that at the end have not brought any reconciliation. He criticizes the politicians for manipulating the youth in the pursuit of their own interests. He criticizes i...
published: 03 Dec 2015 -
Toni Hickman: I Am Victorious
Written by Toni Hickman, produced by Marshall Law Productions, and video directed by Boss Baby TV. Song is a true story about Toni's perseverance and determination to be her greatest while being a survivor of so much at a young age. This song is ONLY available on www.tonihickman.com and 1/3 of your 99 cent purchase will go to YoungStroke, a nonprofit organization that focuses on young stroke survivors, 1/3 goes to the producer, and 1/3 goes to Toni Hickman. Credits go to www.bossbaby.tv for your videography needs Dr.Congo/ Jewel artist/African centered priest Fundi Fe/ Tai Chi Master/ Hall of Fame recipient Royal Khemetic Kreations-Crown Alexa/ Youtuber/Journalist Falisha/ Poet/Author Magui/Model Ra-Parkour specialist For more information on YoungStroke, visit www.youngstroke.org ...
published: 04 May 2016 -
Humanitarian Corridors in Syria: A path to political intervention (Live Seminar 42)
(Originally broadcast on March 15, 2012) The deteriorating political situation in Syria has had a dramatic affect on the safety and security of the civilian population. Amidst UN Security Council gridlock over taking action on Syria, the international community has begun seeking alternate routes to address the current humanitarian crisis. One set of options entails establishing a limited truce or a humanitarian corridor to provide much needed assistance to the population. Other options involve creating “safe areas” or “no-kill zones,” which would be more or less militarized. Additionally, the UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic recently released a report concluding that Syrian authorities at the highest level, as well as opposition for...
published: 30 Nov 2012 -
Français: La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 Winner
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 43 indigenous peoples organizations from across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group has lobbied for a legal framework in the DRC that promotes and protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In an ambitious 2014 campaign, the initiative also drafted legislation protecting the rights of indigenous pygmies and organizing a historic, and successful, march of thousands of pygmies through the streets of Kinshasa to demand the law’s adoption.The group aims to reduce poverty in indigenous pygmy communities through the conservation and sustainable use of forests and applied traditional knowledge. Its advocacy work has stopped co...
published: 17 Jun 2016 -
The Fizi Trial: Ending Impunity in the DRC
In this short interview segment with Galya Ruffer we explore ending impunity of sexual violence in conflict through the setup of mobile courts. About Galya Ruffer: Galya Ruffer is the Director of International Studies and the founding Director of the Center for Forced Migration Studies housed at the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University. Her work centers on refugee rights and protection, regional understandings of the root causes of conflict and refugee crises, rule of law and the process of international justice with a particular focus on the Great Lakes Region of Africa. She has published on testimony and justice in the DR Congo, asylum law and policy, human rights litigation in transnational courts and immigrant incorporation and integratio...
published: 03 Jun 2014 -
Luis Moreno-Ocampo at the World Affairs Council of Northern California
Luis Moreno-Ocampo was unanimously elected as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in 2003. His mandate is to select and trigger investigations and prosecutions of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He has opened investigations into alleged crimes commited in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Darfur and the Central African Republic, and analyzed others that have come under the jurisdiction of the Court from countries like Georgia, Colombia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Côte d’Ivoire, Palestine and Guinea. Prior to joining the International Criminal Court, Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo had a distinguished career as a prosecutor in Argentina, where he played a key role in the trials co...
published: 15 Dec 2009
Democratic Republic of Congo: Media Law Specialists Discuss Freedom of Information (French)
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- Duration: 31:53
- Updated: 07 Mar 2014
- views: 1388
In January 2014, media law specialists from Internews' Media Sector Development Program (MSDP) took part in a TV program to advocate for the adoption of an Acce...
In January 2014, media law specialists from Internews' Media Sector Development Program (MSDP) took part in a TV program to advocate for the adoption of an Access to Information Act. This issue is part of a TV campaign initiated by Africa TV to raise awareness on the importance of access to information in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
https://wn.com/Democratic_Republic_Of_Congo_Media_Law_Specialists_Discuss_Freedom_Of_Information_(French)
In January 2014, media law specialists from Internews' Media Sector Development Program (MSDP) took part in a TV program to advocate for the adoption of an Access to Information Act. This issue is part of a TV campaign initiated by Africa TV to raise awareness on the importance of access to information in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- published: 07 Mar 2014
- views: 1388
Massacre In The Congo - ‘Look They Are Dying’ - Massacre of Civilians by Congolese Soldiers
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:31
- Updated: 18 Feb 2017
- views: 752
DATELINE: February 17, 2017 (Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC / Bandundu region) - Grave images have emerged of a massacre of unarmed civilians in Kabeya ...
DATELINE: February 17, 2017 (Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC / Bandundu region) - Grave images have emerged of a massacre of unarmed civilians in Kabeya Kamuanga Mwanza Lomba village in the Kasai by soldiers under the command of Joseph Kabila. The soldiers who speak Lingala and have FARDC outfits are here slaughtering the so-called militants of Kamwena Nsapu. It is a war crime, incontestably, and a crime against humanity. Here is the sequence of this massacre:
The video begins with armed soldiers saying that "they are not afraid to die, we will show them" They walk and in front of them they have UNARMED CIVILIANS who believe in witchcraft; The myth is that they can not be killed by bullets; However, the FARDC is asking them to open fire on civilians who had a stand off, it seems. “Look, they are dying,” the soldiers said in Lingala, the language of central Congo, as they blasted the civilians. “Watch how they get killed like animals.” After the initial volley, they go further and make sure that everyone is dead and does not fake their death - this is when additional shots are heard and seen. The soldiers then saunter up to the wounded, blasting them in the head with assault rifles from a few feet away. Many of the victims look young; several are women. None carry guns. FARDC soldiers then exclaim: "look that they have died that they are dead - make sure they are all dead" and that the FARC are still the law and kill everyone standing in the path. "We act by virtue of instruction and will continue / hunt / kill all those who stand in the way," he says, adding that they are under the command of Major "Nyembo" and Major "Pitchou." Human Rights Watch, Western diplomats and United Nations officials said they were investigating the video, which was consistent with United Nations reports this week of Congolese government soldiers ruthlessly crushing a local militia in the Kasaï-Central Province. Human rights activists said that the video was filmed by a Congolese government soldier who was part of the execution squad and that the soldier may have felt bad about what happened and leaked it to assuage his conscience. The camera was right behind the soldiers as they raised their rifles. The soldiers did not even take cover when they opened fire. Analysts said it was clear that the soldiers knew that their targets posed no threat. At least 13 bodies could be seen in the video. Lambert Mende, Congo’s information minister, said the video was not filmed in Congo, but possibly another African country, and that it was an attempt by nongovernmental organizations “to destroy the image of the D.R.C.”
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DATELINE: February 17, 2017 (Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC / Bandundu region) - Grave images have emerged of a massacre of unarmed civilians in Kabeya Kamuanga Mwanza Lomba village in the Kasai by soldiers under the command of Joseph Kabila. The soldiers who speak Lingala and have FARDC outfits are here slaughtering the so-called militants of Kamwena Nsapu. It is a war crime, incontestably, and a crime against humanity. Here is the sequence of this massacre:
The video begins with armed soldiers saying that "they are not afraid to die, we will show them" They walk and in front of them they have UNARMED CIVILIANS who believe in witchcraft; The myth is that they can not be killed by bullets; However, the FARDC is asking them to open fire on civilians who had a stand off, it seems. “Look, they are dying,” the soldiers said in Lingala, the language of central Congo, as they blasted the civilians. “Watch how they get killed like animals.” After the initial volley, they go further and make sure that everyone is dead and does not fake their death - this is when additional shots are heard and seen. The soldiers then saunter up to the wounded, blasting them in the head with assault rifles from a few feet away. Many of the victims look young; several are women. None carry guns. FARDC soldiers then exclaim: "look that they have died that they are dead - make sure they are all dead" and that the FARC are still the law and kill everyone standing in the path. "We act by virtue of instruction and will continue / hunt / kill all those who stand in the way," he says, adding that they are under the command of Major "Nyembo" and Major "Pitchou." Human Rights Watch, Western diplomats and United Nations officials said they were investigating the video, which was consistent with United Nations reports this week of Congolese government soldiers ruthlessly crushing a local militia in the Kasaï-Central Province. Human rights activists said that the video was filmed by a Congolese government soldier who was part of the execution squad and that the soldier may have felt bad about what happened and leaked it to assuage his conscience. The camera was right behind the soldiers as they raised their rifles. The soldiers did not even take cover when they opened fire. Analysts said it was clear that the soldiers knew that their targets posed no threat. At least 13 bodies could be seen in the video. Lambert Mende, Congo’s information minister, said the video was not filmed in Congo, but possibly another African country, and that it was an attempt by nongovernmental organizations “to destroy the image of the D.R.C.”
Comment, SUBSCRIBE, check out the other videos on the Channel, and also hit the donate Support button to Help Us bring U more fresh content. This Channel is supported by the will of the People, so please consider hitting the +Google donation button on the page HERE: Thank You. https://www.youtube.com/user/MarlandX2012/about
- published: 18 Feb 2017
- views: 752
People & Power - Congo and the General
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:01
- Updated: 06 Feb 2014
- views: 220498
People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of engagement in the DR Congo.
People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of engagement in the DR Congo.
https://wn.com/People_Power_Congo_And_The_General
People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of engagement in the DR Congo.
- published: 06 Feb 2014
- views: 220498
7 Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Duration: 3:22
- Updated: 21 Jan 2017
- views: 199
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The American Series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRR8eYVQa9r_t3h4Tc2bmhsu
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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 2nd largest country in Africa and 11th largest in the world. At 2,344,858 square kilometers, the DRC covers a land area larger than the combined territories of Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Lithuania.
2. With a population of over 80 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fourth most-populated nation in Africa and the eighteenth most populated country in the world. The people of the DRC represent over 200 ethnic groups, with nearly 250 languages and dialects spoken throughout the country. Kinshasa, the capital, is the largest French-speaking city in the world.
3. Despite being a poor and conflict-ridden country, the DRC boasts a space program. Privately financed by the Développement Tous Azimuts (DTA), with significant government support, the Troposphere rockets are expected to send cargo to outer space in the near future.
4. Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the next-door Republic of Congo are the closest capital cities in the world (with the exception of Vatican City and Rome). A bridge across the Congo River still needs to be constructed to connect the two political centers.
5. The great apes, such as the bonobos and the eastern lowland gorillas, can be found only in Congo. Along with the common chimpanzee, the bonobo is the closest extant relative to humans. There is no concrete data on population numbers, but the estimate is between 29,500 and 50,000 individuals.
6. The DRC used to have a very strange form of currency. It’s called the Katanga cross. The metal is made of copper and is shaped in the form of an X. During its period of validity, the Katanga cross underwent a change of value from being owned by tribal chiefs and leaders, who used them primarily for large transactions or rituals, to a more widespread use for purchasing perishable goods, although its main and longest use was to bind marriages.
7. The DRC is among the most resource-rich countries on the planet, with an abundance of gold, tantalum, tungsten, and tin – all minerals used in electronics such as cell phones and laptops – yet it continues to have an extremely poor population. Tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold have been dubbed “conflict minerals.” Armed groups use the profits from sales for campaigns of violence.
More Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere_(rocket_family)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo
http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Katanga_cross
Music:
Teknoaxe – Cutting Through the Madness
https://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe
Images:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Dr_congo_in_au.png
http://kingofwallpapers.com/congo/congo-013.jpg
http://africa-facts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/african-kids.jpg
https://childrenincrisis.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/jess.jpg
https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/launch-of-NOAA-17.jpg
https://images.vice.com/vice/images/articles/meta/2014/03/15/hows-the-congolese-space-program-doing-1413249485257.jpeg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,center&resize;=1440:*
http://airlines-airports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Congo-Kinshasa.jpg
http://www.gtreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kinshasa-Republic-Of-The-Congo-River-Crane-e1434104342420.jpg
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/xx_factor/2016/09/14/why_do_we_idolize_chimps_when_we_could_be_imitating_feminist_bonobos/72408173-kinshasa-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-this-picture.jpg.CROP.promo-xlarge2.jpg
http://www.awf.org/sites/default/files/media/gallery/wildlife/Bonobo/620065_CYRIL%20RUOSO.jpg?itok=8W9zuAbi
http://www.amazigh.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/KGrHqZoQFIrli9M7zBSQe1diL2g60_571.jpg
https://www.sheridan-portraits.fr/collections/article-01/48-katanga-cross.JPG
http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/20kimk/files/2014/10/2234_1pngmining_025__1_-2mblv3n.jpg
http://interrete.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Conflict-Minerals-Rebels-and-Child-Soldiers-in-Congo-.jpg
Intro video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZ0nbYy5To
Intro Creator:
Design Showcase
https://www.youtube.com/hasanhalai123
https://wn.com/7_Facts_About_The_Democratic_Republic_Of_Congo
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The African series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRSS8U_aviqtyOJOPSmcRlyd
The Oceanian series:
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The American Series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRR8eYVQa9r_t3h4Tc2bmhsu
The Asian series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRRGIkTyr4u371Fx6e88Qx2N
The European Series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRTa_XMM9a4hDh2Yo9CsZzOR
Social Media:
https://twitter.com/Sebastian2Go
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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the 2nd largest country in Africa and 11th largest in the world. At 2,344,858 square kilometers, the DRC covers a land area larger than the combined territories of Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Lithuania.
2. With a population of over 80 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fourth most-populated nation in Africa and the eighteenth most populated country in the world. The people of the DRC represent over 200 ethnic groups, with nearly 250 languages and dialects spoken throughout the country. Kinshasa, the capital, is the largest French-speaking city in the world.
3. Despite being a poor and conflict-ridden country, the DRC boasts a space program. Privately financed by the Développement Tous Azimuts (DTA), with significant government support, the Troposphere rockets are expected to send cargo to outer space in the near future.
4. Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the next-door Republic of Congo are the closest capital cities in the world (with the exception of Vatican City and Rome). A bridge across the Congo River still needs to be constructed to connect the two political centers.
5. The great apes, such as the bonobos and the eastern lowland gorillas, can be found only in Congo. Along with the common chimpanzee, the bonobo is the closest extant relative to humans. There is no concrete data on population numbers, but the estimate is between 29,500 and 50,000 individuals.
6. The DRC used to have a very strange form of currency. It’s called the Katanga cross. The metal is made of copper and is shaped in the form of an X. During its period of validity, the Katanga cross underwent a change of value from being owned by tribal chiefs and leaders, who used them primarily for large transactions or rituals, to a more widespread use for purchasing perishable goods, although its main and longest use was to bind marriages.
7. The DRC is among the most resource-rich countries on the planet, with an abundance of gold, tantalum, tungsten, and tin – all minerals used in electronics such as cell phones and laptops – yet it continues to have an extremely poor population. Tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold have been dubbed “conflict minerals.” Armed groups use the profits from sales for campaigns of violence.
More Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere_(rocket_family)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo
http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Katanga_cross
Music:
Teknoaxe – Cutting Through the Madness
https://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe
Images:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Dr_congo_in_au.png
http://kingofwallpapers.com/congo/congo-013.jpg
http://africa-facts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/african-kids.jpg
https://childrenincrisis.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/jess.jpg
https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/launch-of-NOAA-17.jpg
https://images.vice.com/vice/images/articles/meta/2014/03/15/hows-the-congolese-space-program-doing-1413249485257.jpeg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,center&resize;=1440:*
http://airlines-airports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Congo-Kinshasa.jpg
http://www.gtreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kinshasa-Republic-Of-The-Congo-River-Crane-e1434104342420.jpg
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/xx_factor/2016/09/14/why_do_we_idolize_chimps_when_we_could_be_imitating_feminist_bonobos/72408173-kinshasa-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-this-picture.jpg.CROP.promo-xlarge2.jpg
http://www.awf.org/sites/default/files/media/gallery/wildlife/Bonobo/620065_CYRIL%20RUOSO.jpg?itok=8W9zuAbi
http://www.amazigh.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/KGrHqZoQFIrli9M7zBSQe1diL2g60_571.jpg
https://www.sheridan-portraits.fr/collections/article-01/48-katanga-cross.JPG
http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/20kimk/files/2014/10/2234_1pngmining_025__1_-2mblv3n.jpg
http://interrete.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Conflict-Minerals-Rebels-and-Child-Soldiers-in-Congo-.jpg
Intro video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZ0nbYy5To
Intro Creator:
Design Showcase
https://www.youtube.com/hasanhalai123
- published: 21 Jan 2017
- views: 199
UN Releases D.R. Congo Mapping report
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 01 Oct 2010
- views: 4435
An interview with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the release of a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human ...
An interview with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the release of a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a 10-year period, by both state and non-state actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
https://wn.com/Un_Releases_D.R._Congo_Mapping_Report
An interview with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the release of a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a 10-year period, by both state and non-state actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- published: 01 Oct 2010
- views: 4435
Invest in DR Congo
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- Duration: 0:30
- Updated: 25 Mar 2017
- views: 7
Surrounded by nine countries where commercial exchanges are frequent, the DRC has a population of 70 million with a promising and blooming economy; with a GDP g...
Surrounded by nine countries where commercial exchanges are frequent, the DRC has a population of 70 million with a promising and blooming economy; with a GDP growth rate of 7,7 % in 2015 and an inflation rate of 0,815% in 2015.
With an hydroelectric potential of 100 000 megawatts representing 23% of the world’s potential, 37% of the African potential...distributed in 766 sites identified for the construction of:
• Pico –hydroelectric power plant : 20 Kw ;
• Micro- hydroelectric power plant: 20 Kw to 500 Kw
• Mini- hydroelectric power plant: 500 Kw to 2.000 Kw
• Petite- hydroelectric power plant: 2.000 Kw to 10.000 Kw
• Large– hydroelectric power plant: Superior to 10.000 Kw
80 million hectares of arable land and 4 million hectares of irrigable land with only 10 % being exploited currently and the world’s biggest reserve of freshwater: 3.680.000 km of the world’s hydrological basin.
The DRC has 6% of Africa’s oil reserve distributed in three sedimentary basins:
• Costal basin
• Sedimentary basin of the central basin
• The basin of the west branch of East African Rift
A road network of 145.000 km, with 3000 km paved…, a rail network of 5.033 km to be totally restored…270 airport platforms to be reconstructed, 2 international maritime ports to be modernized…
Numerous reforms carried out to improve its business climate like: the promulgation of the law on the liberalization of the electricity sector since 2014, the promulgation of thevery incentive agricultural law, the promulgation of the competitive and incentive hydrocarbon code, the adherence of DRC to OHADA.
INVESTING IN THE PRESENT DAY IN DRC IS THE PATH OF REASON
ANAPI is ready to support you in the concretization of your investments projects in ANAPI-DRC
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Surrounded by nine countries where commercial exchanges are frequent, the DRC has a population of 70 million with a promising and blooming economy; with a GDP growth rate of 7,7 % in 2015 and an inflation rate of 0,815% in 2015.
With an hydroelectric potential of 100 000 megawatts representing 23% of the world’s potential, 37% of the African potential...distributed in 766 sites identified for the construction of:
• Pico –hydroelectric power plant : 20 Kw ;
• Micro- hydroelectric power plant: 20 Kw to 500 Kw
• Mini- hydroelectric power plant: 500 Kw to 2.000 Kw
• Petite- hydroelectric power plant: 2.000 Kw to 10.000 Kw
• Large– hydroelectric power plant: Superior to 10.000 Kw
80 million hectares of arable land and 4 million hectares of irrigable land with only 10 % being exploited currently and the world’s biggest reserve of freshwater: 3.680.000 km of the world’s hydrological basin.
The DRC has 6% of Africa’s oil reserve distributed in three sedimentary basins:
• Costal basin
• Sedimentary basin of the central basin
• The basin of the west branch of East African Rift
A road network of 145.000 km, with 3000 km paved…, a rail network of 5.033 km to be totally restored…270 airport platforms to be reconstructed, 2 international maritime ports to be modernized…
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- published: 25 Mar 2017
- views: 7
About 30 Chinese stores looted in D.R. Congo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:15
- Updated: 23 Jan 2015
- views: 790
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been seeing massive anti-government protests in the capital Kinshasa since Monday.
The Senate had postponed a vote on...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been seeing massive anti-government protests in the capital Kinshasa since Monday.
The Senate had postponed a vote on a proposed law that the opposition fears will prolong the president's time in power. Some local gangs have looted stores and companies, including around 30 Chinese stores in the capital. Three Chinese nationals have been reported injured, but most have been evacuated.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been seeing massive anti-government protests in the capital Kinshasa since Monday.
The Senate had postponed a vote on a proposed law that the opposition fears will prolong the president's time in power. Some local gangs have looted stores and companies, including around 30 Chinese stores in the capital. Three Chinese nationals have been reported injured, but most have been evacuated.
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- published: 23 Jan 2015
- views: 790
The Obama Law (PL 109-456), DR Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:36
- Updated: 16 Oct 2010
- views: 2448
Public Law 109-456 or "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, Democracy Promotion Act" authorizes the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal ...
Public Law 109-456 or "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, Democracy Promotion Act" authorizes the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to provide assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The act also directs the Department of State to request increased funding for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in its annual budget requests through fiscal year 2009. The act requires the President to develop a strategy to implement various policies outlined in the act with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Finally, the act directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy to help resolve instability in the Eastern Congo.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-2125
https://wn.com/The_Obama_Law_(Pl_109_456),_Dr_Congo_Relief,_Security,_And_Democracy_Promotion_Act_Of_2006
Public Law 109-456 or "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, Democracy Promotion Act" authorizes the appropriation of funds for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to provide assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The act also directs the Department of State to request increased funding for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in its annual budget requests through fiscal year 2009. The act requires the President to develop a strategy to implement various policies outlined in the act with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Finally, the act directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy to help resolve instability in the Eastern Congo.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-2125
- published: 16 Oct 2010
- views: 2448
March 2 Congressional Briefing on D.R. Congo - Welcome by Emira Woods
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 06 Mar 2011
- views: 1105
On March 2, 2011, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Network, Friends of the Congo, Foreign Policy in Focus, African Great Lak...
On March 2, 2011, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Network, Friends of the Congo, Foreign Policy in Focus, African Great Lakes Action Network, Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Rwanda, Congo Global Action Coalition, International Humanitarian Law Institute of St. Paul, Mobilization for Peace and Justice in Congo) held a Congressional briefing for Members of the Senate and House and their staffs in order to raise the profile of the UN Mapping Exercise Report and its implications for US Policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region.
This report, released on October 1, 2010, documents "the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003."
Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth says: "If followed by strong regional and international action, this report could make a major contribution to ending the impunity that lies behind the cycle of atrocities in the Great Lakes region of Africa."
Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the State Department said that "The United States is firmly committed to helping the DRC and other nations in the region take positive steps to end the corrosive cycle of violence and impunity."
The speakers on the panel included Jacques Bahati of Africa Faith and Justice Network, Nita Evele of Congo Global Action Coalition, Nii Akuetteh, Africa Policy Analyst, and Claude Gatebuke of Africa Great Lakes Action Network and Rwanda Genocide Survivor. The panel was moderated by Emira Woods of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute of Policy Studies. Kambale Musavuli of Friends of the Congo shared with the audience the policy asks to considered by members of Congress to address justice and stability in the Congo and Great Lakes Region of Africa.
https://wn.com/March_2_Congressional_Briefing_On_D.R._Congo_Welcome_By_Emira_Woods
On March 2, 2011, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Network, Friends of the Congo, Foreign Policy in Focus, African Great Lakes Action Network, Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Rwanda, Congo Global Action Coalition, International Humanitarian Law Institute of St. Paul, Mobilization for Peace and Justice in Congo) held a Congressional briefing for Members of the Senate and House and their staffs in order to raise the profile of the UN Mapping Exercise Report and its implications for US Policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region.
This report, released on October 1, 2010, documents "the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003."
Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth says: "If followed by strong regional and international action, this report could make a major contribution to ending the impunity that lies behind the cycle of atrocities in the Great Lakes region of Africa."
Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the State Department said that "The United States is firmly committed to helping the DRC and other nations in the region take positive steps to end the corrosive cycle of violence and impunity."
The speakers on the panel included Jacques Bahati of Africa Faith and Justice Network, Nita Evele of Congo Global Action Coalition, Nii Akuetteh, Africa Policy Analyst, and Claude Gatebuke of Africa Great Lakes Action Network and Rwanda Genocide Survivor. The panel was moderated by Emira Woods of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute of Policy Studies. Kambale Musavuli of Friends of the Congo shared with the audience the policy asks to considered by members of Congress to address justice and stability in the Congo and Great Lakes Region of Africa.
- published: 06 Mar 2011
- views: 1105
Republic of the Congo: words of warriors
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:19
- Updated: 16 Feb 2011
- views: 354
This is an extract from a longer film. People who have gone to war against their governments speak frankly about what they did, their knowledge of and respect f...
This is an extract from a longer film. People who have gone to war against their governments speak frankly about what they did, their knowledge of and respect for the laws of war, and their view of the ICRC's work. All send the same message: war can be won without looting, raping or killing innocent people.
Everyone engaged in combat, including non-State armed groups, is bound by the laws of war. The ICRC helps the armed forces of many countries to meet their legal obligations. The film shows what the organization is doing to strengthen its working relationships with non-State armed groups.
https://wn.com/Republic_Of_The_Congo_Words_Of_Warriors
This is an extract from a longer film. People who have gone to war against their governments speak frankly about what they did, their knowledge of and respect for the laws of war, and their view of the ICRC's work. All send the same message: war can be won without looting, raping or killing innocent people.
Everyone engaged in combat, including non-State armed groups, is bound by the laws of war. The ICRC helps the armed forces of many countries to meet their legal obligations. The film shows what the organization is doing to strengthen its working relationships with non-State armed groups.
- published: 16 Feb 2011
- views: 354
Let Me Tell You Something by Neto Machado with Dorine Mokha - at Solitude Night
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:44
- Updated: 23 Mar 2017
- views: 50
10 to15 minutes of dancetelling.
During the "Solitude Night", four performers were at the Schloss Library telling dances they've already seen or done, constru...
10 to15 minutes of dancetelling.
During the "Solitude Night", four performers were at the Schloss Library telling dances they've already seen or done, constructing a kind of Library of Performances.
How is it to perform the act of telling or to tell the act of dancing?
This will be the first public experiment by Brazilian choreographer Neto Machado of a research on how to choreograph the experience of documenting dance. Here, choreography is understood as a way of organizing a situation and its intensities. In this case, a situation of embodying traces while performing a singular memory.
Conception and direction: Neto Machado
Created by: Neto Machado, Desiré Davids, Dorine Mokha, Nestor Garcia Dias and Thiago Granato.
Performed by: Dorine Mokha
Neto Machado is a brazilian artist who works in the fields of dance, theater, visual arts, tv and cinema. He is one of the coordinators of Dimenti - an artistic environment responsible, among other projects, for the annual festival IC -Interaction and Conectivity, in Salvador - Bahia. Some of his works are: Desastro (2012), Kodak (2011), Infiltration Techniques (2009), Solution for All the Problems of the World (2007) and Agora (2004). He is also a screenwriter, co-director and actor in Pinta (2013), feature film produced by Dimenti. Neto has already presented in more then 50 cities in Brazil and 10 other countries in various contexts and venues. He also took part in different projects from
Jorge Alencar, Jan Ritsema, Xavier Le Roy, Thiago Granato and Bojana Cvejić.
Dorine Mokha was born 1989 in Lumbubashi/Democratic Republic of the Congo. He graduated in literature at the Collège IMARA in Lumbubashi (2008) and was awarded the »Zengwei« fellowship for his degree in law at the Université de Kisangani, DR Congo (2011). In 2013, he finished his studies with a master’s degree in economic and social law with the thesis »La problématique de la protection des œuvres musicales face aux NTIC en R.D.Congo« at the same university.
Dorine Mokha debuted in Les enfants de Soweto in 2001. Since 2009, he has been living in Kisangani and has been working at the Studios Kabako, where he started with contemporary dance, writing and directing. He worked together with choreographers such as Hafiz Dhaou, Faustin Linyekula, Ula Sickle, the Slovaks Collective, Andreya Ouamba, Sylvain Prunenec, and Boyzie Cekwana. He has done improvisation theatre plays for Papy Mbwiti and Clara Bauer.
In 2009 and 2010, he was awarded twice as part of the »Association des danseurs et choréographes de Kisangani« (DancKis). Dorine Mokha is the author of the dance pieces Reclus (2011) and Entre deux... (2013) and presented Underground, a dance music project, which is part of the Panafrican project PAMOJA.
In 2013, he has been the assistant director of Drums and digging by Faustin Linyekula and presented a preview of his solo Entre deux... at the Connexion KIN festival at Kinshasa. Furthermore, Dorine Mokha participated in the SHARED SPACES network, including his participation at the Connexion KIN festival and the Theaterformen Festival in Hanover/Germany.
https://wn.com/Let_Me_Tell_You_Something_By_Neto_Machado_With_Dorine_Mokha_At_Solitude_Night
10 to15 minutes of dancetelling.
During the "Solitude Night", four performers were at the Schloss Library telling dances they've already seen or done, constructing a kind of Library of Performances.
How is it to perform the act of telling or to tell the act of dancing?
This will be the first public experiment by Brazilian choreographer Neto Machado of a research on how to choreograph the experience of documenting dance. Here, choreography is understood as a way of organizing a situation and its intensities. In this case, a situation of embodying traces while performing a singular memory.
Conception and direction: Neto Machado
Created by: Neto Machado, Desiré Davids, Dorine Mokha, Nestor Garcia Dias and Thiago Granato.
Performed by: Dorine Mokha
Neto Machado is a brazilian artist who works in the fields of dance, theater, visual arts, tv and cinema. He is one of the coordinators of Dimenti - an artistic environment responsible, among other projects, for the annual festival IC -Interaction and Conectivity, in Salvador - Bahia. Some of his works are: Desastro (2012), Kodak (2011), Infiltration Techniques (2009), Solution for All the Problems of the World (2007) and Agora (2004). He is also a screenwriter, co-director and actor in Pinta (2013), feature film produced by Dimenti. Neto has already presented in more then 50 cities in Brazil and 10 other countries in various contexts and venues. He also took part in different projects from
Jorge Alencar, Jan Ritsema, Xavier Le Roy, Thiago Granato and Bojana Cvejić.
Dorine Mokha was born 1989 in Lumbubashi/Democratic Republic of the Congo. He graduated in literature at the Collège IMARA in Lumbubashi (2008) and was awarded the »Zengwei« fellowship for his degree in law at the Université de Kisangani, DR Congo (2011). In 2013, he finished his studies with a master’s degree in economic and social law with the thesis »La problématique de la protection des œuvres musicales face aux NTIC en R.D.Congo« at the same university.
Dorine Mokha debuted in Les enfants de Soweto in 2001. Since 2009, he has been living in Kisangani and has been working at the Studios Kabako, where he started with contemporary dance, writing and directing. He worked together with choreographers such as Hafiz Dhaou, Faustin Linyekula, Ula Sickle, the Slovaks Collective, Andreya Ouamba, Sylvain Prunenec, and Boyzie Cekwana. He has done improvisation theatre plays for Papy Mbwiti and Clara Bauer.
In 2009 and 2010, he was awarded twice as part of the »Association des danseurs et choréographes de Kisangani« (DancKis). Dorine Mokha is the author of the dance pieces Reclus (2011) and Entre deux... (2013) and presented Underground, a dance music project, which is part of the Panafrican project PAMOJA.
In 2013, he has been the assistant director of Drums and digging by Faustin Linyekula and presented a preview of his solo Entre deux... at the Connexion KIN festival at Kinshasa. Furthermore, Dorine Mokha participated in the SHARED SPACES network, including his participation at the Connexion KIN festival and the Theaterformen Festival in Hanover/Germany.
- published: 22 Sep 2014
- views: 50
Westerners no longer swallow my story, says Kagame
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:35
- Updated: 21 Jan 2017
- views: 304
Olivier Nyirubugara (Amsterdam 27 October 2010)- Rwandan president Paul Kagame has brought to the public place the increasing divergence of views between his ad...
Olivier Nyirubugara (Amsterdam 27 October 2010)- Rwandan president Paul Kagame has brought to the public place the increasing divergence of views between his administration and its Western partners, formerly known to be unconditional supporters.
“When one walks out, another walks in, saying: ‘I heard that you have a genocide law, a law repressing genocide. We don’t trust you. It is a way to oppress political opponents’, Kagame said on 7 October, during the inauguration of his not-changed government. He was referring specifically to former colonial power Belgium, and to the Netherlands.
In a mixture of local language Kinyarwanda and English, Kagame said his former allies have shut their ears, as many of them are no longer satisfied with his explanations:
“Look”, he said, “I explain to them, persistently”, but some shut their ears, unwilling to listen. He added: “Even the one who listens is not satisfied because your story is not the one he wants to hear’.
He further indicated that the envoys of the former unconditional allies often queue every morning in front of his door, “and when ones walks out another walks in and tells you the same story as the previous one”
In a rather astonishing move, Kagame accuses the former allies of having pushed him into corruption, of having shared its fruit with him. However, as we live in a “funny world”, they are now turning back as judges:
“Even when you have collaborated with them in corruption, you will be the culprit, they will be the judge. Imagine a situation in which you get corrupt together another person and, at the end, that person turns back to you and becomes your judge”, he said, in what analysts saw as a clear reference to the UN mapping exercise that concluded that Kagame’s troops might have committed genocide against the Hutu in the DR Congo.
These developments occur as opposition leaders Victoire Ingabire, Bernard Ntaganda, Deo Mushayidi and others, are in jail: they are all accused of terrorism and are likely to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
https://wn.com/Westerners_No_Longer_Swallow_My_Story,_Says_Kagame
Olivier Nyirubugara (Amsterdam 27 October 2010)- Rwandan president Paul Kagame has brought to the public place the increasing divergence of views between his administration and its Western partners, formerly known to be unconditional supporters.
“When one walks out, another walks in, saying: ‘I heard that you have a genocide law, a law repressing genocide. We don’t trust you. It is a way to oppress political opponents’, Kagame said on 7 October, during the inauguration of his not-changed government. He was referring specifically to former colonial power Belgium, and to the Netherlands.
In a mixture of local language Kinyarwanda and English, Kagame said his former allies have shut their ears, as many of them are no longer satisfied with his explanations:
“Look”, he said, “I explain to them, persistently”, but some shut their ears, unwilling to listen. He added: “Even the one who listens is not satisfied because your story is not the one he wants to hear’.
He further indicated that the envoys of the former unconditional allies often queue every morning in front of his door, “and when ones walks out another walks in and tells you the same story as the previous one”
In a rather astonishing move, Kagame accuses the former allies of having pushed him into corruption, of having shared its fruit with him. However, as we live in a “funny world”, they are now turning back as judges:
“Even when you have collaborated with them in corruption, you will be the culprit, they will be the judge. Imagine a situation in which you get corrupt together another person and, at the end, that person turns back to you and becomes your judge”, he said, in what analysts saw as a clear reference to the UN mapping exercise that concluded that Kagame’s troops might have committed genocide against the Hutu in the DR Congo.
These developments occur as opposition leaders Victoire Ingabire, Bernard Ntaganda, Deo Mushayidi and others, are in jail: they are all accused of terrorism and are likely to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
- published: 27 Oct 2010
- views: 304
La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 Winner
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:46
- Updated: 19 Apr 2017
- views: 153
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 4...
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 43 indigenous peoples organizations from across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group has lobbied for a legal framework in the DRC that promotes and protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In an ambitious 2014 campaign, the initiative also drafted legislation protecting the rights of indigenous pygmies and organizing a historic, and successful, march of thousands of pygmies through the streets of Kinshasa to demand the law’s adoption.The group aims to reduce poverty in indigenous pygmy communities through the conservation and sustainable use of forests and applied traditional knowledge. Its advocacy work has stopped concessions for over 600,000 square kilometers of forest and has helped maintain a moratorium on the allocation of extractive industry concessions in the rainforest.
Read more here: http://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view;=winner_detail&id;=222&Itemid;=683⟨=en
https://wn.com/La_Dynamique_Des_Groupes_Des_Peuples_Autochtones,_Congo,_Dr_Equator_Prize_2015_Winner
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 43 indigenous peoples organizations from across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group has lobbied for a legal framework in the DRC that promotes and protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In an ambitious 2014 campaign, the initiative also drafted legislation protecting the rights of indigenous pygmies and organizing a historic, and successful, march of thousands of pygmies through the streets of Kinshasa to demand the law’s adoption.The group aims to reduce poverty in indigenous pygmy communities through the conservation and sustainable use of forests and applied traditional knowledge. Its advocacy work has stopped concessions for over 600,000 square kilometers of forest and has helped maintain a moratorium on the allocation of extractive industry concessions in the rainforest.
Read more here: http://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view;=winner_detail&id;=222&Itemid;=683⟨=en
- published: 09 Feb 2016
- views: 153
Staff Benda Bilili KING MixSpecial
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 16:18
- Updated: 17 Feb 2017
- views: 629
I was first introduced to the brilliance of Staff Benda by my brother-in-law young Morell Maison who has been a fan and collector of their music for several yea...
I was first introduced to the brilliance of Staff Benda by my brother-in-law young Morell Maison who has been a fan and collector of their music for several years now. When Daniella and I first sat down to watch them we we fell HookLine&Sinker and became instant converts. This compilation is dedicated to M'lil-Bro Morel with grateful thanx
Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in Congo-Kinshasa. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm 'n' blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges, abandoned street kids who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18 year-old boy (2009) who plays guitar-like solos on an electrified one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.
Staff Benda Bilili have earned the 2009 Artist Award at Womex (World Music Expo)
Staff Benda Bilili have sought to raise awareness about crimes against humanity in Democratic Republic of the Congo, contributing to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation.
Background
Staff Benda Bilili was formed by Ricky Lickabu and Coco Ngambali with other polio victims as other bands in Kinshasa would not work with them and was later joined by a teenager, Roger Landu, who fashioned his own instrument from an empty fish can, a piece of wood and a guitar string.[2] The band rehearsed in Kinshasa zoo, because it was a quiet location, and played the streets of Kinshasa until they were heard by Vincent Kenis, a Belgian record producer specialising in Congolese music, who arranged for the band to record their debut album, Tres Tres Fort ("Very Very Strong").
The "voting song"
In 2006, Staff Benda Bilili's song Let's Go and Vote ("Allons Voter"), written and performed by the musicians, was played repeatedly in the run-up to the 2006 historic polls on radio and television stations; it was reported to be responsible for a 70% increase in voter turnout. The credits on the video clip says it was produced by Monuc UN Mission in DR Congo and distributed by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The musicians were not offered contracts, but were reportedly paid $50 each. Staff Benda Bilili have filed a lawsuit in the Congolese courts seeking $100,000 for Monuc's use of their music
The videos and the film
Staff Benda Bilili were featured in the documentary film "Jupiter's Dance", by Renaud Barret and Florent de la Tullaye (aka Belle Kinoise), who have been documenting the band's progress since 2005. They shot several videos, which have become quite popular on the internet. Barret and de la Tullaye have now finished a feature-length documentary on the band. Entitled Benda Bilili!, it has been selected by the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight) at the 2010 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and premiered on May 13, 2010 to critical acclaim on the opening day of the Quinzaine.
Career
Entitled Très Très Fort, the band's debut album was released on Crammed Discs in March 2009. It was produced over the course of three years by Crammed's Vincent Kenis (known for introducing and producing bands such as Konono Nº1, Kasai Allstars, and for the Congotronics series). Kenis recorded the band mostly in the Kinshasa zoo. The album also contains four of Barret & de la Tullaye's videos.
Staff Benda Bilili's Très Très Fort album will also be released on vinyl by Crammed Discs, only as part of the limited-edition Congotronics Vinyl Box Set which includes most albums on the Congotronics series.
Initial media reactions to Très Très Fort were excellent, especially in the UK, the USA] and France.
In June 2010, Staff Benda Bilili contributed the song "Je t'aime" from Très Très Fort to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo’s women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo.
• Staff Benda Bilili page on the site of the Crammed Discs label: http://crammed.be.dd5126.kasserver.com/index.php?id=34&art;_id=146
• Womex Artist Award page: http://www.womex.com/realwomex/main.php?id_headings=88&id;_realwomex=11&subheading;=104
• Appearance on BBC's Newsnight: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8370203.stm
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https://wn.com/Staff_Benda_Bilili_King_Mixspecial
I was first introduced to the brilliance of Staff Benda by my brother-in-law young Morell Maison who has been a fan and collector of their music for several years now. When Daniella and I first sat down to watch them we we fell HookLine&Sinker and became instant converts. This compilation is dedicated to M'lil-Bro Morel with grateful thanx
Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in Congo-Kinshasa. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm 'n' blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges, abandoned street kids who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18 year-old boy (2009) who plays guitar-like solos on an electrified one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.
Staff Benda Bilili have earned the 2009 Artist Award at Womex (World Music Expo)
Staff Benda Bilili have sought to raise awareness about crimes against humanity in Democratic Republic of the Congo, contributing to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation.
Background
Staff Benda Bilili was formed by Ricky Lickabu and Coco Ngambali with other polio victims as other bands in Kinshasa would not work with them and was later joined by a teenager, Roger Landu, who fashioned his own instrument from an empty fish can, a piece of wood and a guitar string.[2] The band rehearsed in Kinshasa zoo, because it was a quiet location, and played the streets of Kinshasa until they were heard by Vincent Kenis, a Belgian record producer specialising in Congolese music, who arranged for the band to record their debut album, Tres Tres Fort ("Very Very Strong").
The "voting song"
In 2006, Staff Benda Bilili's song Let's Go and Vote ("Allons Voter"), written and performed by the musicians, was played repeatedly in the run-up to the 2006 historic polls on radio and television stations; it was reported to be responsible for a 70% increase in voter turnout. The credits on the video clip says it was produced by Monuc UN Mission in DR Congo and distributed by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The musicians were not offered contracts, but were reportedly paid $50 each. Staff Benda Bilili have filed a lawsuit in the Congolese courts seeking $100,000 for Monuc's use of their music
The videos and the film
Staff Benda Bilili were featured in the documentary film "Jupiter's Dance", by Renaud Barret and Florent de la Tullaye (aka Belle Kinoise), who have been documenting the band's progress since 2005. They shot several videos, which have become quite popular on the internet. Barret and de la Tullaye have now finished a feature-length documentary on the band. Entitled Benda Bilili!, it has been selected by the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight) at the 2010 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, and premiered on May 13, 2010 to critical acclaim on the opening day of the Quinzaine.
Career
Entitled Très Très Fort, the band's debut album was released on Crammed Discs in March 2009. It was produced over the course of three years by Crammed's Vincent Kenis (known for introducing and producing bands such as Konono Nº1, Kasai Allstars, and for the Congotronics series). Kenis recorded the band mostly in the Kinshasa zoo. The album also contains four of Barret & de la Tullaye's videos.
Staff Benda Bilili's Très Très Fort album will also be released on vinyl by Crammed Discs, only as part of the limited-edition Congotronics Vinyl Box Set which includes most albums on the Congotronics series.
Initial media reactions to Très Très Fort were excellent, especially in the UK, the USA] and France.
In June 2010, Staff Benda Bilili contributed the song "Je t'aime" from Très Très Fort to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo’s women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo.
• Staff Benda Bilili page on the site of the Crammed Discs label: http://crammed.be.dd5126.kasserver.com/index.php?id=34&art;_id=146
• Womex Artist Award page: http://www.womex.com/realwomex/main.php?id_headings=88&id;_realwomex=11&subheading;=104
• Appearance on BBC's Newsnight: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8370203.stm
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- published: 25 May 2011
- views: 629
Central African refugee in Kinshasa sings for the continent
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- Duration: 6:46
- Updated: 21 Feb 2017
- views: 106
Arnold (21) is a Central African refugee in Kinshasa (DR Congo) who chose not to stay in a refugee camp in order to pursue his studies in the capital. He is the...
Arnold (21) is a Central African refugee in Kinshasa (DR Congo) who chose not to stay in a refugee camp in order to pursue his studies in the capital. He is therefore not assisted by the UNHCR. Arnold is trying to round up his last year of high school, with his own money. In addition to school, he has developed a passion for music. In this video you will learn more about Arnold’s philosophy of life, his pleas and his complaints. He has witnessed several attempts to encourage the rule of law in his country. But he has also seen how all these attempts have failed. He invites Centrafricans to revise all the reconciliation programs that at the end have not brought any reconciliation. He criticizes the politicians for manipulating the youth in the pursuit of their own interests. He criticizes international organizations for allowing violence to emerge over and over in his country. Yet, at the same time, he pleas these organizations for help. But more importantly, he underlines that it is the people who need to take their destiny in their own hands. Arnold believes that they do not need to do this alone. Africans have one another. Arnolds is a fierce believer of African solidarity.
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Arnold (21) is a Central African refugee in Kinshasa (DR Congo) who chose not to stay in a refugee camp in order to pursue his studies in the capital. He is therefore not assisted by the UNHCR. Arnold is trying to round up his last year of high school, with his own money. In addition to school, he has developed a passion for music. In this video you will learn more about Arnold’s philosophy of life, his pleas and his complaints. He has witnessed several attempts to encourage the rule of law in his country. But he has also seen how all these attempts have failed. He invites Centrafricans to revise all the reconciliation programs that at the end have not brought any reconciliation. He criticizes the politicians for manipulating the youth in the pursuit of their own interests. He criticizes international organizations for allowing violence to emerge over and over in his country. Yet, at the same time, he pleas these organizations for help. But more importantly, he underlines that it is the people who need to take their destiny in their own hands. Arnold believes that they do not need to do this alone. Africans have one another. Arnolds is a fierce believer of African solidarity.
If you want to read more of this story:
http://rumoursontheubangui.tumblr.com/post/134519072617/central-african-refugee-in-kinshasa-sings-for-the
- published: 03 Dec 2015
- views: 106
Toni Hickman: I Am Victorious
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- Duration: 4:18
- Updated: 13 Jan 2017
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Written by Toni Hickman, produced by Marshall Law Productions, and video directed by Boss Baby TV. Song is a true story about Toni's perseverance and determinat...
Written by Toni Hickman, produced by Marshall Law Productions, and video directed by Boss Baby TV. Song is a true story about Toni's perseverance and determination to be her greatest while being a survivor of so much at a young age. This song is ONLY available on www.tonihickman.com and 1/3 of your 99 cent purchase will go to YoungStroke, a nonprofit organization that focuses on young stroke survivors, 1/3 goes to the producer, and 1/3 goes to Toni Hickman.
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Written by Toni Hickman, produced by Marshall Law Productions, and video directed by Boss Baby TV. Song is a true story about Toni's perseverance and determination to be her greatest while being a survivor of so much at a young age. This song is ONLY available on www.tonihickman.com and 1/3 of your 99 cent purchase will go to YoungStroke, a nonprofit organization that focuses on young stroke survivors, 1/3 goes to the producer, and 1/3 goes to Toni Hickman.
Credits go to www.bossbaby.tv for your videography needs
Dr.Congo/ Jewel artist/African centered priest
Fundi Fe/ Tai Chi Master/ Hall of Fame recipient
Royal Khemetic Kreations-Crown
Alexa/ Youtuber/Journalist
Falisha/ Poet/Author
Magui/Model
Ra-Parkour specialist
For more information on YoungStroke, visit www.youngstroke.org
To purchase this song or to book Toni Hickman visit
www.tonihickman.com
- published: 04 May 2016
- views: 0
Humanitarian Corridors in Syria: A path to political intervention (Live Seminar 42)
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- Duration: 1:29:38
- Updated: 01 Aug 2016
- views: 27
(Originally broadcast on March 15, 2012)
The deteriorating political situation in Syria has had a dramatic affect on the safety and security of the civilian ...
(Originally broadcast on March 15, 2012)
The deteriorating political situation in Syria has had a dramatic affect on the safety and security of the civilian population. Amidst UN Security Council gridlock over taking action on Syria, the international community has begun seeking alternate routes to address the current humanitarian crisis. One set of options entails establishing a limited truce or a humanitarian corridor to provide much needed assistance to the population. Other options involve creating “safe areas” or “no-kill zones,” which would be more or less militarized. Additionally, the UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic recently released a report concluding that Syrian authorities at the highest level, as well as opposition forces, have committed gross and systematic human rights violations that may amount to crimes against humanity.
This seminar will explore the legal and policy challenges of protecting civilians in Syria, in particular, as they pertain to establishing humanitarian corridors in order to provide much needed assistance to vulnerable populations. A humanitarian corridor is seen by some as a necessity to provide immediate relief on neutral grounds and by others as the first step of a more ambitious international intervention that would address the causes of violence against civilians. While in theory these arguments may seem exclusive and polarized, in practice the UN mission has increasingly integrated their approach to seek and maintain access to vulnerable populations - as seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, and Darfur. The blurring of the line between humanitarian action and political intervention has become a particularly salient issue in the case of Syria, as illustrated by the duel mandate of UN Arab League Envoy, Kofi Annan. It is expected that the ability of the international community to mediate these contradictory interests between a neutral, consensual arrangements and multilateral political interventions for the protection of civilians will have a lasting impact on the core concepts of humanitarian action.
The live seminar will address:
-What is the applicable legal framework to the situation in Syria? Does the Law of Armed Conflict apply? What are the implications of utilizing such a framework?
-What are the requirements to establish a neutral humanitarian corridor? How can such a corridor be maintained over time?
-What does a "safe area" entail in terms of protection of civilians and how can it be enforced?
-What are the core elements of the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) that guide discussion within the Security Council? Has the threshold of R2P been crossed in the case of Syria?
-What are the potential policy implications of blurring the line between humanitarian action and political intervention?
The live seminar will bring world-renowned experts and practitioners together to discuss these issues.
Claude Bruderlein (HPCR Director) and Dustin A. Lewis (Program Associate) moderated the discussion.
Panelists:
Dr. Ian Hurd, Northwestern University
Dr. Mukesh Kapila, Aegis Trust
https://wn.com/Humanitarian_Corridors_In_Syria_A_Path_To_Political_Intervention_(Live_Seminar_42)
(Originally broadcast on March 15, 2012)
The deteriorating political situation in Syria has had a dramatic affect on the safety and security of the civilian population. Amidst UN Security Council gridlock over taking action on Syria, the international community has begun seeking alternate routes to address the current humanitarian crisis. One set of options entails establishing a limited truce or a humanitarian corridor to provide much needed assistance to the population. Other options involve creating “safe areas” or “no-kill zones,” which would be more or less militarized. Additionally, the UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic recently released a report concluding that Syrian authorities at the highest level, as well as opposition forces, have committed gross and systematic human rights violations that may amount to crimes against humanity.
This seminar will explore the legal and policy challenges of protecting civilians in Syria, in particular, as they pertain to establishing humanitarian corridors in order to provide much needed assistance to vulnerable populations. A humanitarian corridor is seen by some as a necessity to provide immediate relief on neutral grounds and by others as the first step of a more ambitious international intervention that would address the causes of violence against civilians. While in theory these arguments may seem exclusive and polarized, in practice the UN mission has increasingly integrated their approach to seek and maintain access to vulnerable populations - as seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, and Darfur. The blurring of the line between humanitarian action and political intervention has become a particularly salient issue in the case of Syria, as illustrated by the duel mandate of UN Arab League Envoy, Kofi Annan. It is expected that the ability of the international community to mediate these contradictory interests between a neutral, consensual arrangements and multilateral political interventions for the protection of civilians will have a lasting impact on the core concepts of humanitarian action.
The live seminar will address:
-What is the applicable legal framework to the situation in Syria? Does the Law of Armed Conflict apply? What are the implications of utilizing such a framework?
-What are the requirements to establish a neutral humanitarian corridor? How can such a corridor be maintained over time?
-What does a "safe area" entail in terms of protection of civilians and how can it be enforced?
-What are the core elements of the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) that guide discussion within the Security Council? Has the threshold of R2P been crossed in the case of Syria?
-What are the potential policy implications of blurring the line between humanitarian action and political intervention?
The live seminar will bring world-renowned experts and practitioners together to discuss these issues.
Claude Bruderlein (HPCR Director) and Dustin A. Lewis (Program Associate) moderated the discussion.
Panelists:
Dr. Ian Hurd, Northwestern University
Dr. Mukesh Kapila, Aegis Trust
- published: 30 Nov 2012
- views: 27
Français: La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 Winner
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- Duration: 5:46
- Updated: 24 Apr 2017
- views: 30
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 4...
Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 43 indigenous peoples organizations from across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group has lobbied for a legal framework in the DRC that promotes and protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In an ambitious 2014 campaign, the initiative also drafted legislation protecting the rights of indigenous pygmies and organizing a historic, and successful, march of thousands of pygmies through the streets of Kinshasa to demand the law’s adoption.The group aims to reduce poverty in indigenous pygmy communities through the conservation and sustainable use of forests and applied traditional knowledge. Its advocacy work has stopped concessions for over 600,000 square kilometers of forest and has helped maintain a moratorium on the allocation of extractive industry concessions in the rainforest.
Read more here: http://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view;=winner_detail&id;=222&Itemid;=683⟨=en
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Started in 2005 to improve recognition of indigenous pygmies rights in Congolese legislation, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones is a network of 43 indigenous peoples organizations from across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group has lobbied for a legal framework in the DRC that promotes and protects the rights of indigenous peoples. In an ambitious 2014 campaign, the initiative also drafted legislation protecting the rights of indigenous pygmies and organizing a historic, and successful, march of thousands of pygmies through the streets of Kinshasa to demand the law’s adoption.The group aims to reduce poverty in indigenous pygmy communities through the conservation and sustainable use of forests and applied traditional knowledge. Its advocacy work has stopped concessions for over 600,000 square kilometers of forest and has helped maintain a moratorium on the allocation of extractive industry concessions in the rainforest.
Read more here: http://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view;=winner_detail&id;=222&Itemid;=683⟨=en
- published: 17 Jun 2016
- views: 30
The Fizi Trial: Ending Impunity in the DRC
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- Duration: 1:58
- Updated: 07 May 2017
- views: 39
In this short interview segment with Galya Ruffer we explore ending impunity of sexual violence in conflict through the setup of mobile courts.
About Galya Ruf...
In this short interview segment with Galya Ruffer we explore ending impunity of sexual violence in conflict through the setup of mobile courts.
About Galya Ruffer:
Galya Ruffer is the Director of International Studies and the founding Director of the Center for Forced Migration Studies housed at the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University. Her work centers on refugee rights and protection, regional understandings of the root causes of conflict and refugee crises, rule of law and the process of international justice with a particular focus on the Great Lakes Region of Africa. She has published on testimony and justice in the DR Congo, asylum law and policy, human rights litigation in transnational courts and immigrant incorporation and integration in Europe. Her most recent book, Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status (Cambridge), is a co-edited collection examining the role of witness, expertise and testimony. She has worked as an immigration attorney representing political asylum claimants both as a solo-practitioner and as a pro-bono attorney.
https://wn.com/The_Fizi_Trial_Ending_Impunity_In_The_Drc
In this short interview segment with Galya Ruffer we explore ending impunity of sexual violence in conflict through the setup of mobile courts.
About Galya Ruffer:
Galya Ruffer is the Director of International Studies and the founding Director of the Center for Forced Migration Studies housed at the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University. Her work centers on refugee rights and protection, regional understandings of the root causes of conflict and refugee crises, rule of law and the process of international justice with a particular focus on the Great Lakes Region of Africa. She has published on testimony and justice in the DR Congo, asylum law and policy, human rights litigation in transnational courts and immigrant incorporation and integration in Europe. Her most recent book, Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status (Cambridge), is a co-edited collection examining the role of witness, expertise and testimony. She has worked as an immigration attorney representing political asylum claimants both as a solo-practitioner and as a pro-bono attorney.
- published: 03 Jun 2014
- views: 39
Luis Moreno-Ocampo at the World Affairs Council of Northern California
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- Duration: 1:08:19
- Updated: 23 Apr 2016
- views: 53
Luis Moreno-Ocampo was unanimously elected as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in 2003. His mandate is to select and trigger investigati...
Luis Moreno-Ocampo was unanimously elected as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in 2003. His mandate is to select and trigger investigations and prosecutions of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He has opened investigations into alleged crimes commited in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Darfur and the Central African Republic, and analyzed others that have come under the jurisdiction of the Court from countries like Georgia, Colombia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Côte d’Ivoire, Palestine and Guinea. Prior to joining the International Criminal Court, Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo had a distinguished career as a prosecutor in Argentina, where he played a key role in the trials connected with the transition from dictatorship to democracy. Dr. Moreno-Ocampo was the Deputy Prosecutor in the “military juntas trial,” the first case against top commanders responsible for mass atrocities since the Nüremberg trials, and served as prosecutor of the Federal Criminal Court of Buenos Aires from 1987 to 1992. During those years, he participated in prosecutions against guerrilla leaders and military rebellions. He also conducted a great number of prosecutions against public officials for corruption. Upon his resignation in 1992, Dr. Moreno-Ocampo founded a private law firm specialized in corruption control. He was a board member of national and international NGO’s and was visiting professor at both Stanford and Harvard Universities.
https://wn.com/Luis_Moreno_Ocampo_At_The_World_Affairs_Council_Of_Northern_California
Luis Moreno-Ocampo was unanimously elected as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in 2003. His mandate is to select and trigger investigations and prosecutions of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He has opened investigations into alleged crimes commited in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Darfur and the Central African Republic, and analyzed others that have come under the jurisdiction of the Court from countries like Georgia, Colombia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Côte d’Ivoire, Palestine and Guinea. Prior to joining the International Criminal Court, Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo had a distinguished career as a prosecutor in Argentina, where he played a key role in the trials connected with the transition from dictatorship to democracy. Dr. Moreno-Ocampo was the Deputy Prosecutor in the “military juntas trial,” the first case against top commanders responsible for mass atrocities since the Nüremberg trials, and served as prosecutor of the Federal Criminal Court of Buenos Aires from 1987 to 1992. During those years, he participated in prosecutions against guerrilla leaders and military rebellions. He also conducted a great number of prosecutions against public officials for corruption. Upon his resignation in 1992, Dr. Moreno-Ocampo founded a private law firm specialized in corruption control. He was a board member of national and international NGO’s and was visiting professor at both Stanford and Harvard Universities.
- published: 15 Dec 2009
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Media Law Specialists Discuss Freedom of Information (French)
In January 2014, media law specialists from Internews' Media Sector Development Program (M...
published: 07 Mar 2014
Democratic Republic of Congo: Media Law Specialists Discuss Freedom of Information (French)
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Massacre In The Congo - ‘Look They Are Dying’ - Massacre of Civilians by Congolese Soldiers
DATELINE: February 17, 2017 (Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC / Bandundu region) - G...
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Massacre In The Congo - ‘Look They Are Dying’ - Massacre of Civilians by Congolese Soldiers
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People & Power - Congo and the General
People & Power goes behind the scenes with UN peacekeepers who are shifting their rules of...
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7 Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo
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published: 21 Jan 2017
7 Facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo
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UN Releases D.R. Congo Mapping report
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published: 01 Oct 2010
UN Releases D.R. Congo Mapping report
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Invest in DR Congo
Surrounded by nine countries where commercial exchanges are frequent, the DRC has a popula...
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About 30 Chinese stores looted in D.R. Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been seeing massive anti-government protests in t...
published: 23 Jan 2015
About 30 Chinese stores looted in D.R. Congo
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The Obama Law (PL 109-456), DR Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
Public Law 109-456 or "The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, Democracy Pr...
published: 16 Oct 2010
The Obama Law (PL 109-456), DR Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
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March 2 Congressional Briefing on D.R. Congo - Welcome by Emira Woods
On March 2, 2011, the African Great Lakes Advocacy Coalition (Africa Faith and Justice Net...
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March 2 Congressional Briefing on D.R. Congo - Welcome by Emira Woods
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Republic of the Congo: words of warriors
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Let Me Tell You Something by Neto Machado with Dorine Mokha - at Solitude Night
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Westerners no longer swallow my story, says Kagame
Olivier Nyirubugara (Amsterdam 27 October 2010)- Rwandan president Paul Kagame has brought...
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Westerners no longer swallow my story, says Kagame
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La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, Congo, DR - Equator Prize 2015 Winner
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Staff Benda Bilili KING MixSpecial
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Edit Independent online (SA) 19 Jun 2017
Johannesburg - A couple from the Democratic Republic of Congo wouldn’t have known what awaited them as they boarded an Uber taxi shortly after landing at OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday. Among their valuables in the white Toyota Corolla Quest as it made its way to their hotel in Morningside in Sandton were jewellery, cash, cellphones and a suitcase filled with clothes ... There was a scuffle between the robbers and the couple....
One person forced to flee their home every three seconds by war and violence
Edit The Guardian 19 Jun 2017
UN figures show a record 65.6 million people were displaced in 2016, more than the population of Britain, and that half of all refugees are children. Conflict and development. One person forced to flee their home every three seconds by war and violence ... About this content ... Significant numbers of refugees in Uganda also came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (205,400), Burundi (41,000), Somalia (30,700), and Rwanda (15,200) ... ....
Pixie Geldof gets married to George Barnett
Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2017
Singer Pixie Geldof and her partner George Barnett got married over the weekend in Majorca, Spain ... Bob Geldof. Peaches' death left me contemplating suicide. Singer Bob Geldof has revealed he considered suicide after the death of his daughter Peaches ... Awkward Celebrity Hugs ... Angelina Jolie hugs Neema Namadamu of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 'End Sexual Violence in Conflict' summit at ExCel on June 11, 2014 in London, England....
Southern Leaders Unite, Insist on Restructuring
Edit This Day 19 Jun 2017
• Want concrete steps taken on Confab report before Oct 1. • Enough of bloodshed, Ag. President tells S’East traditional rulers. • DSS warns agitators, ethnic jingoists. By Omololu Ogunmade and Paul Obi in Abuja Shola Oyeyipo in Lagos ... Part of the communique read ... “And that he fought side by side from Congo to so many related places where he had served the country, protecting each other’s lives and ensuring that all of them were safe ... ....
Congo-Kinshasa: In Congo, Artists Rely On the Patronage of the Wealthy
Edit All Africa 18 Jun 2017
[Al Jazeera] Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo - JC Kibombo, aka Professa Zikfull, a 32-year-old rumba singer and songwriter, was paying tribute to Congolese music legend Papa Wemba at a bar in this eastern city last year when he noticed a familiar, and powerful, figure watching him ... ....
In Congo, artists rely on the patronage of the wealthy
Edit Topix 18 Jun 2017
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo - JC Kibombo, aka Professa Zikfull, a 32-year-old rumba singer and songwriter, was paying tribute to Congolese music legend Papa Wemba at a bar in this eastern city last year when he noticed a familiar, and powerful, figure watching him....
Ghana’s Ayew not giving up on WCup hopes
Edit Supersport 18 Jun 2017
Five points adrift group leaders Egypt who have recorded 100% wins, the Black Stars return to the qualifiers under a new coach to face Congo in August ... calm and work hard to win their four remaining games while hoping that the Pharaohs will lose one of their matches against Uganda and Congo....
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