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President Obama commits to a peaceful future for northern Uganda
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 25th, 2010
George Rupp on the IRC’s commitment to Uganda’s recovery, new legislation to protect Ugandan civilians, and how the LRA’s campaign of violence has forever altered the social fabric of northern Uganda. more »
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From one of the world's poorest countries, a mother's story
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 7th, 2010
Peter Biro shares the story of a young mother in Central African Republic, where a long-running civil war decimated the country’s health care system. more »
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Congo: “I want to go back to school”
Posted by The.IRC on April 21st, 2010
Marit Glad and her IRC colleagues are in a little village in the eastern province of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, speaking with local families. They’re trying to understand why so many children here are not going to school -- and why parents are making the difficult choice to take a child out of the classroom. more »
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Finding refuge from Somalia's violence [Photos]
Posted by joanne.offer on March 19th, 2010
Violent and incessant conflict in and around Mogadishu – the capital of Somalia – has forced more than 1 million Somalis to seek shelter in makeshift camps around the country. more »
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One man’s mission to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS
Posted by joanne.offer on February 15th, 2010
On World AIDS Day the IRC organized a large march of men, women and children through Lodwar Town in northwest Kenya to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS. One of the marchers had a very personal story to tell, as Peter tested positive for HIV in 2007. more »
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Educating refugees against harmful practices
Posted by joanne.offer on February 2nd, 2010
Education is a key component of the IRC’s health programs. So staff recently gave a talk in Kakuma refugee camp on the medical complications surrounding pregnancy in young girls and female circumcision. One of the audience members – Somali refugee Kaho Ahmed Gesso – found the talk very welcome. 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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The challenges of living with HIV/AIDS in northwestern Kenya
Posted by joanne.offer on January 19th, 2010
Elizabeth remembers the first day she went to be tested for HIV. “It was frightening and I walked up to the door of the testing center but I didn’t go in,” she admits. On the second day, Elizabeth managed to pluck up the courage to be tested and discovered she was positive. 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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