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Red Cross Distributes Aid to Thousands Displaced by Fighting in Eastern Congo, VOA News, December 29, 2007. http://voanews.com/english/2007-12-29-voa11.cfm
International Red Cross provides support to about 500 families in South Kivu. Also, they are providing supplies to local hospitals which are treating rape cases.
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Ambitious conference aims to bring peace to Kivus, IRIN News, December 24, 2007. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=75989
Peace on earth and Goodwill toward all men in Eastern Congo. You had to have faith and belief on Christmas Eve. The conference scheduled to start today, December 27, has been postponed to January 6, 2008, The Three Kings Day. We pray that the wisemen are invited and will bring peace.
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Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007 by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), 10th Annual Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007. http://doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/topten/index.cfm?msource=ADN071201E01#drc
Doctors Without Borders Lists Top 10 Most Underrated Humanitarian Stories of 2007, Community Bridge Blog, December 20, 2007 http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2007/12/doctors-without-borders-lists-top-10.html
In Congo, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reports a worsen of conditions in Eastern Congo (the Wild, Wild East). In addition, MSF responded to the Ebola outbreak in Kasai Occidental in September to November 2007.
I would add that the far too many train and plane crashes, floods by rains, and numerous boat sinkings have worsen the humanitarian situation in Congo. The "Heart of Africa" is suffering!
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Lack of energy supply in rural areas obstacle to telecommunication infrastructure By Brenda Zulu, ICT Journalist, Thursday, December 20, 2007. http://brendait.blogspot.com/2007/12/lack-of-energy-supply-in-rural-areas_20.html
Lack of a dependable and easy-to-obtain energy source is a problem for the rural areas. However, that problem is a host of other problems such as lack of access to health, education, water/sanitation, and transportation. Those are the problems confronting us in rural community development.
We must develop the rural community because it is the source of most of the food products. Everybody can live in the urban areas.
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http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-19-voa42.cfm
Overcrowding, poor maintenance, old outdated equipment, and poor training: the causes of most accidents and crashes in the Congo. It does not matter if you talking about cars, boats, trains, or planes. The safest means of transport in Congo are bicycles and by foot. Vehicle travel is limited due to the lack of roads.
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Uganda: Country to Export Electricity to DRC, The Monitor (Kampala), 15 December 2007, Posted to the web 15 December 2007, by Grace Matsiko Munyonyo. http://allafrica.com/stories/200712150149.html
The "Heart of Darkness" gets electricity! Unbelievable! Congo has the potential to light the African Continent. Congo is exporting electricity to Angola bypassing people in the Kasais. It is unbelievable to see power lines and a city in darkness, Kananga.
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Chapter 12, titled WHERE WE ARE TODAY, Noteworthy Progress but Still a Long Way to Go of "Changing the Face of Hunger" by Tony Hall. Sorry, but I had to jump ahead to when DR Congo was mentioned.
This chapter makes extensive comments about the DR Congo pertaining to "blood diamonds", hungry, and poverty. A must read chapter. Also, it provides a short historical perspective about Mobutu.
More to come after reading the entire book.
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After Military Gains, DRC Rebels Poised Above Town Near Goma, VOA News, December 12, 2007. http://voanews.com/english/2007-12-12-voa39.cfm
A general from MONUC says the DRC Army is consolidating its power and will come back even stronger.
The war is just starting.
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DRC Rebels Reclaim Stronghold From Government Forces, VOA News, December 11, 2007. http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2007-12-11-voa6.cfm
The rebels say they are only defending themselves after the DRC government troops attacked their stronghold of Mushake. So they are defending themselves. INTERESTING! They said they are protecting the people from the Intarhamwe.
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