February 2012 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
Sudan and Congo savaged as world shrugs

2011 was a year of unprecedented action on behalf of freedom and human rights. When citizens flooded streets throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the U.S. and other countries dropped their long-standing presidential allies and demanded new leadership.

14th February 2012 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
Death of Kabila Mine Adviser May Cause Congo Power Struggle



The death of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila’s senior business adviser may trigger a power struggle in one of Africa’s biggest mineral- producing countries, said analysts including Thomas Wilson at London-based consulting firm africapractice.

13th February 2012 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
Death of Kabila deal-maker leaves void in Congo

The death of President Joseph Kabila's chief adviser has removed a secretive but powerful deal-maker from Democratic Republic of Congo's politics and mining business, and deprived the leader of a trusted aide as he seeks to form a new government

5th February 2012 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
Obama appointed US trade adviser linked to illegal deal in Congolese gold

US trade adviser appointed by Barack Obama orchestrated a deal to buy gold worth millions of dollars from a wanted Congolese warlord, according to a UN report.

When massive human rights abuses loomed in Libya and Ivory Coast, the international community acted decisively.

Januay 2012 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
DR Congo elections open new wounds

The Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's victory is fragile and contested.

The DR Congo's November 28, 2011 national elections were marred by widespread mismanagement and fraud. The organization and technical aspect of these elections were seriously flawed, the vote tabulation lacked transparency, and not on par with positive gains in the democratic process.

16 October 2011 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
UK pays £22.5 million for 'questionable' Democratic Republic of Congo election

British taxpayers paid £22.5 million to fund a voter registration process in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has put hundreds of thousands of fake voters on the electoral roll.

14th September 2011 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
Campaign/Liberation Congolese Women Group addressed Parliamentarians on the launch of Free Fair DRC

My Lords, Honourable Members, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have been campaigning to raise awareness of the plight of the women of the Congo for over xxx years now. Many of you in the room have been campaigning to improve the Congo for at least as long as me. It can often feel like the task is too big, too daunting and impossible to achieve.

16 October 20111 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
UK pays £22.5 million for 'questionable' Democratic Republic of Congo election

British taxpayers paid £22.5 million to fund a voter registration process in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has put hundreds of thousands of fake voters on the electoral roll.

01st July 2011 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
MONUSCO and Elections in the Dr Congo

There is some debate around the role that MONUSCO should play in the electoral process, with the head of the mission Roger Meece arguing that other organisations are better equipped than
MONUSCO to conduct election monitoring and observation. After all, MONUSCO has a relatively small electoral division, which in addition has also suffered the tragic loss of some of its leaders in a recent plane crash in Kinshasa.

23rd June 2011 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
The political economy of rape reporting

About 100 women raped in Congo

According to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the attacks took place between June 10 and 11, 2011.

Congolese women have paid a heavy price through their bodies where the current marathon to power has been run, defiled only few have been pacified with humanitarian assistance instead of policies and actions to eradicate the evil.

June 2011 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
The Democratic Republic of Congo is a Mess

For more than a century, Congolese people have witnessed unspeakable crimes and unimaginable atrocities. The DRC has had 32 years of bad governance, followed up with 16 years of constant armed conflicts.

In fact, the Congo crosses a period more humiliating and the most painful of its post-colonial history. Since 1996, more or less ten million people have died, millions of women violently raped and mutilated.

March 2011 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
International Women's Day

On March 08th, women throughout the world celebrated the ‘International Women’s Day.’

Unfortunately, we Congolese women, we didn’t have much to celebrate for. What happens to the women of Congo is also happening to all of us; we have lost our humanity, our dignity. We would compromise our integrity if we do not engage in their struggle.

Congo Diary: The Workd is Crazy

Women’s Day was a great distraction. I got to march with the women of Butembo (East Congo) in solidarity for a more equal and equitable society. I got to sing and dance with them the whole day and night as joy and beauty filled the air. But soon after it ended, I crashed back down to Earth.

January 2011- Congolese Women Speak Out:
Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot

In a country the size of Western Europe, a war rages that has lasted sixteen years and cost millions of lives. Rival militias inflict appalling suffering on the civilian population, and what passes for political leadership is powerless to stop it.

December 2010 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
The true cost of your new Christmas laptop? Ask the eastern Congolese

Millions of sleek, glossy, elegantly designed laptops and mobile phones will end up as presents under Christmas trees all over the globe in the next few weeks, and how will we know what they have really cost?

September 2010 - Congolese Women Speak Out:
'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, IT MUST STOP'

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a large country located in the central part of Africa, with an area of 2.345.000 Km2 and a population of about 60 million of whom 53 % are women.

23rd October -Congolese Women Speak Out:
Meeting REPORT 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, IT MUST STOP'


On Saturday, the 23rd October 2010, women and men attended the above meeting to discuss what was to be done to stop the Killing and Raping of Congolese Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.