Congo War Leaves Legacy of Sexual Violence Against Women
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — In the Democratic Republic of Congo, sexual violence has become so common that the eastern provinces are sometimes…
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Burundi Election Lacks Critical Ingredient: Candidates
Bujumbura, Burundi — Less than a week away from its first presidential vote since the last armed group laid down their guns, Burundi’s election…
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A Comparative Guide to Grenade Attacks in Burundi & Rwanda
It almost seems like you can’t hold elections without a few grenade explosions in this part of the world. Grenade explosions made international news…
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Moving On From Juvie
Washington — In their first job out of law school, Whitney Louchheim and Penelope Spain worked, literally, in a closet. With neither windows nor…
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Defending Due Process for Guantanamo Detainees
Defense attorneys for Guantánamo detainees stand up for due process despite hate mail, threats, and Dick Cheney’s daughter. New York — At first, Joshua…
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR — Farm Aid From Space
Dusty northern Kenya doesn’t look like a laboratory, but across its dry plains, cattle herders are pioneering a new way to fend off poverty…
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In Africa, Inheriting a Field or a Feud?
Saniquellie, Liberia — A trip to a rice farm near here is like visiting a West African version of the Secret Garden. There’s a…
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The African Divide: Land Disputes
Zuluyee, Liberia; and Kailahun, Sierra Leone — The specialists know the warning signs. Analysts and scientists and field officers and academics spend years writing…
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New Study Argues War Deaths Are Overestimated
A new study, the Human Security Report, argues that politics and fund-raising priorities often lead to overestimates of war deaths, touching off a controversy…
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Six Ideas That Will Shape the World in 2010
New York — There are no iPods in this report. There are also no digital e-readers, no flat-screen televisions, no snowblowers, or lawn mowers…
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