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http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/26/child-miners-face-death-for-tech/

Child miners face death for tech By Roger-Claude Liwanga, Special for CNN Editor’s note: Roger-Claude Liwanga is a human rights lawyer from the Congo and visiting scholar at Boston University.

Why child mining in Africa deserves American attention
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/rights/why-child-mining-africa-deserves-american-attention

Why child mining in Africa deserves American attention Opinion: How hundreds of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo give up much of childhood so modern electronics can be made.

"Can the U.S. Keep Conflict Minerals from Congo out of Your Laptop?" A story produced by The Latitude News Podcast in which Promote Congo's director participated. To listen to it, please click on the link.

Latitude News Podcast #8—Can the U.S. keep conflict minerals from Congo out of your laptop? Here’s the basic plot line: that electronic gadget you’re using to listen to this story? Chances are, it’s connected to the war in Congo. Laptops, ...

An article regarding the panel discussion on "The Congo's Invisible War" is published in Harvard University Gazette.
The panel discussion was held on March 6th at Harvard University, and Promote Congo's Director was one of the panelists.
To read the article, please click on the following link: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/03/darkness-visible/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=03.08.13%2520%281%29

Darkness visible “Congo on the Wire,” a new exhibit at the Carr Center, helps a panel of experts outline the horror and complexity of an African war.

Panel Discussion on “The Congo’s Invisible War”
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Wiener Auditorium (Taubman Building, ground floor)
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
For more details, please click on the following link: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/news-events/carr-center-events/event-details/2013/congo%E2%80%99s-invisible-war

Harvard Kennedy School - Carr Center :: N Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:00 - 7:30 pm Wiener Auditorium (Taubman Building, ground floor) Harvard Kennedy School of Government

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtNGAqM5hI&feature=share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtNGAqM5hI

Video Interview with one of our 2011 Microloan Recipients. Promote Congo Grants is a biannual grant competition to provide microloans to entrepreneurs, individuals, or local organizations for small projects that benefit underserved communities.
Please click the link to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtNGAqM5hI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtNGAqM5hI

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Nord-Kivu: 5,8 millions USD pour la consolidation de la paix dans les zones minières
http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2012/03/16/nord-kivu-58-millions-usd-pour-la-consolidation-de-la-paix-dans-les-zones-minieres/

Nord-Kivu: 5,8 millions USD pour la consolidation de la paix dans les zones minières Radiokapi.net: [simage=1012,320,y,center,]Le Pnud, la Fao et l’Unicef ont alloué pour la consolidation de la paix dans les zones minières artisanales du Nord-Kivu 5,8 millions dollars américains. Ce projet a été présenté, jeudi 15 mars, à Goma. Le projet de consolidation de la paix dans les zone...

Certification des minerais : la CIRGL salue la décision de la RDC
http://www.lepotentiel.com/afficher_article.php?id_article=121639&id_edition=10072

http://www.lepotentiel.com/afficher_article.php?id_article=121639&id_edition=10072 Le renforcement des mécanismes pour la commercialisation responsable des minerais dans la région des Grands Lacs se poursuit. Parallèlement à la Loi DODD-Franck prise aux Etats-Unis, au niveau de la région des Grands Lacs, les pays concernés sapproprient cette démarche. Cest le cas de la Républiqu…