Congo Links #1

Status Update, Wardrobe

An article in the Globe and Mail on the status today in the Congo. Of note is the picture of the former rebel leader and the haunting photo that starts the article.

A stunning photo essay by Marcus Bleasdale showing images of the mining, soldiers, survival and non-survivors.

The Rape of a Nation

Medical
http://www.aids-freeworld.org/content/view/132/189/

http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/01/rape-epidemic-fuels-fistula-cases-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/

 Image File

Congolese Soldiers 

Congolese Women {some graphic images}

Video File

Mining and Coltan

Congo Life

Two video files by Nicholas Kristoff on the women in the Congo.