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More than three million Congolese dead, and no one notices, says IRC
Earlier this month, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said that its studies had found that at least 3.3 million people have died in the war that has gripped the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998, making it the deadliest documented conflict since World War II. Michael Despines, now senior policy and programme adviser for IRC in New York, worked in eastern Congo for six years, and challenges humanitarians to influence humanitarian policies that would result in real change.
• Congo deal boosts hope for street kids
• Congo peace deal could open way for aid

Project gives hope to Congo's ex-fighters
BRAZZAVILLE (AlertNet) - Nodding cheerfully to the sounds of Brazzaville's own pop stars Extra Musica, Artur Bengue spoke with real pride as he showed off his fast-growing Hotel Cassis. ...

Recovering Goma still faces economic battle
Congolese resilience, swift action by humanitarian agencies and a prompt response by donors have helped residents of Goma achieve some semblance of normality just three months after a third of their town was engulfed by volcanic lava and ash.

Eruption raises practical and philosophical issues
Ben Wisner, a hazards specialist with the Environmental Studies programme at Oberlin College, Ohio, poses a series of questions raised by the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He looks at the history of the town of Goma beneath the volcano and asks: is it a lifeboat or a death trap?

Congo volcano casts a shadow over relief
AlertNet contributor Nick Cater writes about disasters, development, the environment, crisis and conflict. As agencies rush to Africa's latest disaster, he finds fundamental problems exposed by ...

Features

12 Aug 2002
Small staff forces Johanniter to focus expertise
German-based AlertNet member Johanniter International has its origins in the Order of St John of Jerusalem, founded during the crusades 900 years ago. Birgit Spiewok, its head of emergency aid, told Celestine Laporte about the organisation’s disaster relief work and why limited staff makes responding to emergencies difficult.

05 Aug 2002
MDM: getting the awkward issues on the agenda
Médecins du Monde is a medical humanitarian NGO that, for more than 20 years, has relied on volunteer health professionals. President Dr Claude Moncorgé told Amy Cook in Paris about his organisation’s commitment to achieving the goals of providing care and protecting the health rights of those excluded from society's safety net.

12 Jul 2002
African human rights panels mostly disappointing
Binaifer Nowrojee is a counsel with Human Rights Watch's Africa division and author and editor of the report "Protectors or Pretenders? Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa". She asks whether human rights activists should greet the proliferation of national human rights commissions with suspicion or approval.

25 Mar 2002
Uganda Red Cross: fighting for local funds
The Uganda Red Cross started life in 1939 as the Women's Emergency Organisation run by the wives of British colonial officials. From its Kampala office, head of communications Richard Amadro told Beth Watts how the organisation became a fully-fledged Red Cross society and described some of its current projects.

18 Feb 2002
Baptist World Aid: it's the community that counts
Baptist World Aid is currently working with Hungarian partners to help Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. From its headquarters outside Washington, director Paul Montacute spoke to Lauren Pollock about these activities and others in Belize and North Korea.

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