July 08, 2010
| Mirsada Hoffmann
| Tagged as: About RI
When the average person thinks about Las Vegas, they probably do not associate this resort city with charity and generous action to support people in devastated African countries. Yet this past weekend, hundreds of people turned up to support Ante Up for Africa, the poker tournament with the sole purpose of raising awareness and funds to end human suffering and atrocities happening in Sudan, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
July 06, 2010
| Dawn Calabia
| Tagged as: Kyrgyzstan, Asia
In visits with displaced Kyrgyz and Uzbek families, we were met time and time again with frightened people who were not sure what was happening but who believed that their lives were being threatened by the other ethnic group and that their government was not doing enough to help them. Many Kyrgyz and Uzbek families that lived in mixed neighborhoods fear attacks and want to move to mono-ethnic neighborhoods.
July 04, 2010
| Dawn Calabia
| Tagged as: Kyrgyzstan, Asia, Return and Reintegration
The acrid smell of smoke and piles of rubble characterize once vibrant Uzbek communities in Osh. In the neighborhoods surrounding Osh's famous mountain in the city, Uzbek homes and businesses are now burnt-out shells or piles of rubble. Family members sit on the sidewalk in front of their homes, some pausing from shoveling out broken plaster, others awaiting the delivery of plastic tarps or tents so that they might camp out on their property.
July 02, 2010
| Briana Orr
| Tagged as: Internal Displacement, About RI
On Wednesday June 30th, the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement hosted a discussion on how the United States can improve its humanitarian response to crises that leave large numbers of people displaced in their own countries. There are currently 25 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide who have been uprooted by violence or political persecution.
June 30, 2010
| Camilla Olson
| Tagged as: Africa, DR Congo
As the Congolese government celebrates 50 years of independence and rolls out the red carpet in Kinshasa for visiting dignitaries – including top UN official Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the King of Belgium – let’s not forget about the hundreds of thousands of Congolese people who remain displaced from their homes due to ongoing conflict. I doubt anyone will be giving them cake today.
