Links and resources on the DRC
Africa's Blessing, Africa's Curse: The legacy of resource extraction. This KAIROS publication is available on our order form. Designed for personal reading and the classroom, it offers an overview of African nations' struggle to control their mineral wealth-- and the colonial forces that have sought that wealth for themselves.
KAIROS policy briefing paper #3: Will Democracy Take Root in the Congo? (Oct 2006, PDF format)
Links
Africafiles' Central Africa section at www.africafiles.org/central.asp
Global Witness: www.globalwitness.org
Human Rights Watch Congo section:
www.hrw.org/en/africa/democratic-republic-congo
Pambazuka's Conflict and Emergency section: www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict
Congo's Hidden Tragedy: 65 million people the world forgot. Africa Files/ Hugh McCullum: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=13559
Development and Peace: Bishops speak on Congo's "Dirty War":
http://devp.org/devpme/eng/pressroom/2008/comm2008-12-02-eng.html
KAIROS letters and statements on the Congo
- Another human rights defender killed in the Congo (Jun 4, 2010)
- KAIROS appeal to the Canadian Government to work for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Nov 4, 2008)
- Killers of CIDA-supported human rights defender in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remain at large (PDF Format) (Jan 7, 2007)
- Leading human rights defender killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Aug 11, 2005)
- Canadian Churches urge support for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Jun 4, 2003)
