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In 2023, an investigation revealed that in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where GiveDirectly began operations in 2018, employees had diverted at least $900,000 from several hundred intended recipients in South Kivu to themselves, including the very audit teams tasked with identifying such cases. GiveDirectly paused its operations in the ...
In 2009, he wrote an essay for Time, [6] spoke at the Global Leadership Awards, [7] [8] and served as an executive producer of the HBO documentary film Reporter, which focused on Kristof's work in the Congo. [9] After five visits to eastern Congo between 2007 and early 2010, [10] [11] Affleck developed "a clearer sense of what I wanted to do ...
The U.S. said on Wednesday it would provide nearly $414 million in humanitarian assistance for the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 25 million people need such aid, nearly a quarter ...
Falling Whistles partners with Congolese leaders in North and South Kivu, providing them with financial, technical, and logistical support to help them rehabilitate war-affected people in Congo. [4] In 2010, Falling Whistles opened an advocacy office in Washington, DC, and launched a network of community groups, called "Whistler Societies" that ...
The United States told Rwanda and Congo on Tuesday that they “must walk back from the brink of war,” the sharpest warning yet of a looming conflict between the African neighbors. U.S. deputy ...
Indeed, while it is only one-third the area of the Amazon, the Congo Basin contains roughly 40% the carbon stock and its forests are proving more resilient to climate change than the southern ...
The World Bank has an investment portfolio for the Democratic Republic of the Congo that includes 29 active projects totaling US$3.8 billion in association with the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The portfolio is divided among ...
Planned face-to-face peace talks between Congo and Rwanda have been unexpectedly canceled, the Congolese president said. Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame ...