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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results16 Connexions Library1 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 7 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 2 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryCongo's Environmental Paradox: Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty Trefon, Theodore Book 2016 Congo has natural resources the world needs. Its forests count in the fight against global climate change and Congo's farmers could feed all of Africa's population. The Inga hydroelectric site has the... Congo's War, Women's Holocaust: Against The Current vol. 133 Against The Current Article 2008 Which current war has taken more lives than the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Darfur put together? Connexions Library: Africa Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on Africa. Discovery of mass graves highlights bloody scramble for Congo’s resources Haywood, Eddie Article 2017 Last week, a team with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights together with personnel from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) di... Dissecting Congo's Modern Holocaust: Against The Current vol. 142 Okeke, Nnenna Article 2009 A primary aim of Gerard Prunier’s work is to detangle and lay bare the complexities of interests, alliances and deep-seeded antagonisms that have made the Congo crisis so brutal. He does this well, wi... Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II  Blum, William Book 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Ch... King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Hochschild, Adam Book 1999 The brutal story of Belgian colonialism in the Congo, resulting in the death of between five and eight million Africans. Looting Africa: Canadian Company Eyes Gold in Democratic Republic of Congo Lasker, John Article 2009 A Canadian mining company is prepared to bring hundreds of millions of dollars in gold out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of Africa's most embattled and poorest countries. One expert say... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 30, 2016: Conflict of interest Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 This issue of Other Voices shines a light on the murky world of conflict of interest, the hidden reality that often underlies appearances of neutrality, objectivity, and due process. Conflicts of inte... Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List Blum, William Article 2013 Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. A Revolutionary Speech: Patrice Lumumba and the Birth of the Republic of Congo de Witte, Ludo Article 2016 Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese independence leader and first democratically elected Prime Minister, was executed on 17th January, 1961. He had been beated and tortured in a culmination of two assassin... The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 Pakenham, Thomas Book 1991 Describes the brief vicious scramble by Europe's imperial powers to seize colonies throughout the continent of Africa. Pakenham strips the impresarios of imperialism of their veneer of Victorian heroi... The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440 - 1870 Thomas, Hugh Book 1997 A comprehensive history of the Atlantic slave trade in which approximiately eleven million black slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations, in mines, or as servants in hou... The Socialist Register 1966: Volume 3: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1966 Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesEurope Solidaire Sans Frontieres ESSF est une association de solidarit‚ internationale. Traitant d'un large ‚ventail de questions, notre site pr‚sente une information militante sur de nombreuses luttes et campagnes ; ainsi que des ar... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryGlobal Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status Sources News Release 2009 Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, acco... A history of violence: Growing up in CAR Specogna, Heidi 2017 A child born from rape and a young gunshot victim grow up amid CAR's cycle of violence. From the Connexions ArchivesEmbassy Row Online Website Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad. |
