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Rebel Training: Introducing human rights in war-torn Central African Republic
Posted by Peter.Biro on July 29th, 2010
"Our soldiers used to whip people and steal things, but it is better now," says the commander of a rebel group in Central African Republic. "Now my men understand that there are laws even during a war." Read about how the IRC is training the country's various armed groups in human rights and international humanitarian law. more »
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Congo conflict in pictures
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on April 29th, 2010
My IRC colleague Peter Biro recently traveled through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo -- one of the most volatile areas in Africa -- where a staggering 1.8 million people are believed to be displaced. more »
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Capturing the conflict in Congo
Posted by The.IRC on January 26th, 2010
The IRC's Peter Biro tells CNN about the people and conditions he encountered on his most recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Inside Africa. more »
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Pakistan: Aiding thousands who fled fighting in South Waziristan
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 23rd, 2009
More than two months after the Pakistani military launched an offensive in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, only now are the IRC and other humanitarian aid organizations gaining access to the estimated 430,000 people who have fled the fighting. more »
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Eastern Congo: 'We are forced to flee every two months'
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 23rd, 2009
Storm clouds are gathering and the wind is tugging at the plastic sheeting covering the hundreds of makeshift shelters that make up the Mungote camp in Congo’s troubled North Kivu province. Over 30,000 people live here, unable to work and with little access to food. more »
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"We are forced to flee every two months": IRC in HuffPost
Posted by The.IRC on December 7th, 2009
On Dec 5, The Huffington Post published an article by the IRC's Peter Biro describing the miserable situation for people uprooted by armed clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most volatile areas in Africa. more »
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TONIGHT: Congo and the IRC on 60 Minutes
Posted by The.IRC on November 29th, 2009
60 Minutes recently traveled with the IRC to camps in North Kivu that shelter thousands of people displaced by fighting. With IRC’s help, the TV crew took a close look at the humanitarian crisis and the root causes of Congo’s chronic violence. more »
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Eastern Congo: “Women are afraid that they could be raped any night here”
Posted by Peter.Biro on November 26th, 2009
Julie, a middle-aged woman in a small village in Congo’s North Kivu province, had just blown out the kerosene lamp and was lying in bed next to her husband when suddenly the stillness of the night was pierced by enraged shouts and the sound of a door being kicked open. more »
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Latest from Pakistan: "Like Bosnia and Rwanda"
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 29th, 2009
As the crisis in Pakistan deepens, the IRC is racing to meet the basic lifesaving needs of thousands of families. But relief funds are scarce and time is running short, says the IRC's Mike Young, who compares the current scale of displacement in Pakistan to the wars in Rwanda and Bosnia. more »
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"Deceptive calm in Kabul" - IRC in HuffPost
Posted by Anne.Richard on May 29th, 2009
IRC vice president Anne Richard writes this week in The Huffington Post that Kabul is calm, not having had a major security incident for months. “But don’t be fooled,” she says. “This is a city under siege.” more »
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