List of Congo articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Love and War in Eastern Congo
A rebel advance means two sweethearts must delay their wedding. But when they finally tie the knot with friends and family, fear is banished for a day.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kabila Must Go
There are hints that the president of the DRC wants to delay presidential elections. Here’s why that would be a disaster.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Africa’s Softer, Gentler Coups d’Etat
Across the continent, military takeovers are out and nasty legal maneuvering is in.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan
It's been 15 years since the UN passed UNSCR 1325. How has Women, Peace, and Security policy changed in Afghanistan and the Congo since then?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congo’s Government Backtracks on Banning Explosive Documentary About Rape
A documentary about rape was banned last month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After international scrutiny, the Congolese reversed that ban this week.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trouble in Peaceland
By operating from a fortified bubble, dismissing local knowledge, and not speaking the language, peace missions are actually hindering the people they're trying to help.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Imperfect Trial of Congo’s ‘Terminator’
As Bosco Ntaganda faces charges of war crimes at the Hague, those watching from Congo debate what comes next for their country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Playing for Time and Ultimate Power in Kabila’s Congo
With elections coming soon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s two-term president is playing a dangerous game to win a third.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can a New Tool Help the U.S. Say (and Mean) ‘Never Again’ for Genocide?
Data made available by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hopes to prevent genocide and other atrocities before they even begin.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How a U.N. Drone Crashed in Congo and Was Promptly Forgotten
An FP special report from the front lines of the flailing U.N. effort to use drones to save lives in a war-ravaged stretch of eastern Africa.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Documentary About Rape Banned in ‘Rape Capital of the World’
A documentary highlighting the work of a world-renowned Congolese gynecologist has been banned in DRC.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Joseph Kabila Forever
The dangers of an extended presidency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Quarantine To Appeasement
President Obama’s nominee for a key post reveals the bankruptcy of Washington’s thinking on Africa.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The River That Swallows All Dams
For 60 years, colonialists, engineers, and dictators have tried to tame Africa’s greatest waterway. Welcome to the Congo River, where dreams go to die.
