"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Kampala — An online database of people separated from relatives by conflict or natural disasters can now be accessed by mobile phone, thanks to a joint venture between the UN, an NGO and two private sector companies.
The 2011 electoral campaign has already started in the Equateur province (DRC). Several personalities have suddenly taken an interest in the local population – until now ignored- and have made multiple donations to gain people support.
The French media Le Monde reported on Friday that a UN report will detail mass killing of Hutu refugees by Rwandan forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the late 1990s. The report have seen what it describes as “an almost definitive version” 600-page UN report. The document investigates human rights abuses in eastern DRC, between 1993 and 2003.
UNITED NATIONS – A U.N. human rights investigation mission will be launched in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Wednesday, U.N. officials announced Tuesday, after gruesome reports surfaced in the media of the systematic gang rape of nearly 200 women in a 21km stretch of 15 villages.
Since farmers have collected in cooperatives and their interests are being defended by a union, they are able to sell their crops at a higher price and their standard of living has noticeably improved. At the foot of the Ruwenzori mountain and near the Ugandan border, 40 km east of Beni, the land of the village of Mutwanga is blessed by the gods.
Ory Okolloh, the Executive Director of Ushahidi , is from Kenya but currently lives in Johannesburg. Her blog is "outlet for her opinions. While it is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants."
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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