As the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to battle with internal upheavals, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group formerly terrorizing northern Uganda, has come in to add salt to the wounds of North Eastern Congo. Currently, the LRA is mongering terror in formerly fortunate regions, like the Dungu community, whose experiences were previously limited to feeling the general national unrest.

That’s right, you can now head to www.pledge2protect.net to find out more about the anti-genocide movement’s 2009 conference Pledge2Protect. 

The site has updates on speaker invites and confirmations, the conference schedule, and the registration page.  Check it out now!

The Shwe Gas Movement, a Thai “oil and gas watchdog,”, released a report on Monday titled Corridor of Power: China’s Trans-Burma Oil and Gas Pipelines. The report addresses the humanitarian repercussions of China’s oil and gas pipeline projects throughout Burma.

In the past 6 years Darfur has taken center stage in international politics, and has ignited the largest student activism campaigns since the Vietnam era. 

A gruesome video released last week by Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka highlights the need for an investigation into possible war crimes and human rights violations that may have been committed during Sri Lanka’s final offensive against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).