Last night, after nearly two days of fierce fighting, we received word from one of our Congo partners. Bosco and his troops killed 2 boys and raped 12 girls being rehabilitated in Mweso with Falling Whistles’ funding. We are as outraged as we are devastated by this news. Something could have been done. Something should… //ReadMore

Spread the News: Right now, thousands of Congolese are fleeing a fierce fighting headed by Bosco ‘the Terminator’ Ntaganda. This warlord is wanted by the International Criminal Court for recruiting child soldiers. This month, Congo’s president, Joseph Kabila, called for his arrest. Bosco’s troops have taken two key towns on the way to Congo’s eastern… //ReadMore

In case you missed it live on Monday, check our Advocacy Director, Monique Beadle honoring the pledge of Never Again, and telling the Atrocity Prevention Board to get creative with their diplomacy.

By KATE O’CONNOR MORRIS, Chief of Copy Can we all finally admit it? The 90s were the bomb. Pun exceptionally intended. C’mon, we’re talking the peak of unironic flannel, velvet leggings, the days when Green Day was still a punk band, when dresses over mom jeans were acceptable outfits, the moment when Clueless and Jurassic… //ReadMore

Europe’s Victorian Age was a booming moment of glamour and trend. The West went mad for the bicycle. King Leopold II, ruler of Belgium has his sights on Congo’s abundant supply of rubber vines (for bike tires). His nation had been lost in the shadows of the superpowers dominating the European continent. In Congo he… //ReadMore

In a region where rights are exploited more often than protected, Arnold* risks his life every day defending his people. Arnold is a whistleblower. *not pictured Photo Credit: Abby Ross