While U.S.  corporations – cellphone, video game, and computer manufacturers in particular – continue to profit from Congo’s riches, more than 5 million Congolese people have died due to resource-related conflicts in the last decade alone – with neighboring countries Uganda and Rwanda playing a major role in the conflict.

Congolese student activist and spokesperson for Friends of the Congo Kambale Musavuli offers real solutions to Congo’s crisis and explains why the “conflict minerals” approach  misses the mark and why Western nations like the United States must change course in order to effectively resolve Congo’s long-running conflicts.

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Milton Allimadi, Lucy Larom from CEGUN (Campaign to End Genocide in Uganda Now), Invisible Children and Ugandan government representatives recently participated in a forum on northern Uganda at the Uganda North American Association (UNAA) convention in Chicago. The transcribed text of Milton Allimadi’s presentation follows. (more…)

While US officials claim to be prioritizing strategies that emphasize “protection of civilians,” the Washington Post reports that the aftermath of a US-backed Congolese military operation has resulted in a dramatic increase of rapes and atrocities.

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Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) recently wrote a Huffington Post article calling for a strategy to capture Joseph Kony and end the LRA war. (more…)

When I brought my concerns to my friends they too were concerned about the use of military force and we had an intense conversation about the morality of us, in the United States, making decisions that most likely will result in the death of Ugandans.

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