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Editorial Investors.com 4/17/2014 Regulation: In a victory for common sense, a federal judge has voided a race-based mandate of the Dodd-Frank Act that would have cost manufacturers and retailers billions in compliance expenses. Marking the first time a court has ruled that a provision of Dodd-Frank violates the Constitution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for […] April 17th, 2014 | Tags: "conflict minerals", Democratic Republic of Congo, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, electronic media devices, Rep. Maxine Waters, U.S. Court of Appeals for DC | Category: 1st Amendment, Africa, Banking and finance, Barack Obama, SEC, technology | Comments are closed
Former trade adviser and Democratic donor allegedly involved in an illicit gold deal Adam Kredo The Washington Free Beacon 8/14/2012 A former Obama administration trade adviser accused of plotting to purchase $10 million in gold from a Congolese warlord refused to detail his role in the illegal plot, invoking the Fifth Amendment more than 100 […] August 14th, 2012 | Tags: CAMAC International, Carlos St. Mary, David Disiere, Deep South Partners, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Republic of Congo, fraud, Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, gold, International Criminal Court (ICC), Kase Lawal, Obama Victory Fund, oil companies | Category: 5th Amendment, Africa, Barack Obama, Elections, Texas | Comments are closed
Michael Kelley Business Insider 4/10/2012 Invisible Children, makers of KONY 2012 and Beyond KONY, provided intelligence to Uganda’s security apparatus that led to the arrests of several opponents of the regime, according to leaked U.S. embassy cables and reported by Milton Allimadi at Black Star News. Since 2008 the San Diego-based nonprofit organization has acted […] April 11th, 2012 | Tags: "Invisible Children", "The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act", Democratic Republic of Congo, Jason Russell, Joseph Kony, President George W. Bush, President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda, WikiLeaks | Category: Africa, Barack Obama, Congress, Military | Comments are closed
UN peacekeepers “failed” when they did not stop the mass rape of more than 500 men, women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last six weeks, a senior official has admitted. Mike Pflanz in Nairobi Telegraph [UK] 08 Sep 2010 Zaina Niangoma who was raped along with her […] September 10th, 2010 | Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, rape victims, Rwanda, UN peacekeepers | Category: Africa, child abuse, United Nations | Comments are closed
More than 1,000 civilians killed, 7,000 raped, and 900,000 displaced in operation to disarm Hutu rebel group, says report Xan Rice in Nairobi Guardian [UK] 13 October 2009 A UN-backed offensive to destroy a Hutu rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has had disastrous humanitarian consequences, with more than 1,000 civilians killed, 7,000 […] October 13th, 2009 | Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo | Category: Africa, Human Rights, United Nations | Comments are closed
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