The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Eastern DRC
Contributor Michael J. Kavanagh reported for Worldfocus last year on the crisis in eastern Congo. He's currently based in the DR Congo's capital, Kinshasa.
Journalist Michael J. Kavanagh reported on the Crisis in Congo for Worldfocus last year.
In late February, I was walking down the dusty road that winds through Nyabiando, a town deep in the forests of eastern Congo, when a young Congolese man approached me.
A new alliance between Rwandan and Congolese forces may be a rare occasion for optimism, but as Michael J. Kavanagh of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting shows in this exclusive series of...
Michael Kavanagh, for the Pulitzer CenterMichael traveled to the DRC on a grant from the Pulitzer Center
Michael Kavanagh, for the Pulitzer CenterMichael traveled to the DRC on a grant from the Pulitzer Center
Michael Kavanagh, for the Pulitzer CenterMichael traveled to the DRC on a grant from the Pulitzer Center
I'm writing from the Congolese border town of Goma, overlooking the expansive waters of Lake Kivu and, in the near distance, the hills of Rwanda. Sunset here always seems to promise a tomorrow in...
Michael Kavanagh, for the Pulitzer Center
Michael Kavanagh, for the Pulitzer Center
Michael Kavanagh traveled to the DRC on a Pulitzer Center grant
Michael J. Kavanagh and Taylor Krauss highlight efforts to rehabilitate rape victims and their families in eastern Congo, presenting the ventures of one counseling organization.
War has raged through the Democratic Republic of Congo for more than a decade — it has been called the deadliest conflict since World War II.
The United Nations estimates that 200,000 women and...
Worldfocus anchor Martin Savidge will host a panel featuring Pulitzer Center's Michael Kavanagh to discuss eastern Congo.
The conflict in Congo is too complicated to explain in a five-minute video, so we've left most of the context out in order to focus on Pascal's story.
I wasn't surprised when the secret police stopped me and Michael Kavanagh as we headed out to film in Rutshuru [a town in North Kivu] in October.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has endured one of the world's bloodiest wars for over a decade.
Michael will answer viewer questions about his experience in the Congo and the country's deteriorating situation on
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Michael J. Kavanagh is a journalist based in Kinshasa and New York who reports on conflict and post-conflict development issues around the world, with a special focus on Africa. His radio and...