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Georgianne Nienaber is an investigative environmental and political writer. She lives in rural northern Minnesota, New Orleans and South Florida. Her articles have appeared in The Society of Professional Journalists' Online Quill Magazine, The Ugandan Independent, Rwanda's New Times, India's TerraGreen, COA News, ZNET, OpEdNews, Glide Magazine, The Journal of the International Primate Protection League, Africa Front, The United Nations Publication, A Civil Society Observer, Bitch Magazine, and Zimbabwe's The Daily Mirror. Her fiction expos- of insurance fraud in the horse industry, Horse Sense, was re-released in early 2006. Gorilla Dreams: The Legacy of Dian Fossey was also released in 2006. Nienaber spent much of 2007 doing research in South Africa, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She was in DRC as a MONUC-accredited journalist, and has been living Southern Louisiana investigating hurricane reconstruction and getting to know the people there since late 2007. Nienaber is currently developing a documentary on the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, and continuing "to explore the magic of the Deep South." She is a member of the Memphis Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

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Dian Fossey and the Gorilla Killings

Haiti: Clean Water Is a Human Right If You Can Find it

Haiti: Public Health Crisis Looming and Where is Media?

Fox-Owned National Geographic Uses Gorillas as Cover for Exploitation of Congo

Did Media Collude With Rwanda to Set Up Congo General Laurent Nkunda?

International Court Acquits Suspect in Murder of Dian Fossey

Sex for Work in Haiti

Baghdad on the Bayou: Final Report on Deception and Diaspora in New Orleans

Satan's Letter to St. Michael and St. Gabriel Mirrors CONGO Conflict

Are USAID Funds Being Used for Covert Operations in Central Africa?

Death in a Bottle for a Handful of Haitian Coins

S.O.S in Eastern Congo:Magic Sticks, Corruption and Gorilla Warfare

Baghdad on the Bayou Redux: Tab Benoit Interview

CONGO REBELS SHOOT SILVERBACK GORILLA

BP's PR Firm Embedded with Coast Guard

Winona LaDuke Pledges Help for Native Tribes Drowning in BP Oil

Haiti: Can We Find Truth in Empathy?

Congo's Kabila Wants Peace Without Justice; Rebel Generals Join Forces

Xenophobic Violence Escalates in South Africa

Are Cholera Vaccines Good For Haiti?

Local Women Rock New Orleans Jazz Fest 2008 on Acura Stage and West Bank

Miserable Eyes In the Democratic Republic of Congo: Please Read This, Congressman Murtha

The Return of Duvalier: Haiti's Denouement?

Reports from South Africa Focus on Crime and Ignore History

How Foreign Aid Is Ruining Haiti's Health Care System

Floods: Army Corps Says PR Turns Babblers into Spokespersons

Baghdad on the Bayou Redux: Wasting the Wetlands

Kong Six: Mapping the Road to Tayna

Florida Cold Weather Update: 53,000 Fish Lost But Turtles Rescued

Port-au-Prince Still Buried Under the Rubble of Competing NGOs

More "Regime Change" as Bush Outs "Terrorists" in Somalia

Haiti:Tracking Deadly Cholera Through the Central Valley

BP Sock Puppets Open Fisheries as Bonnie Looms

Breaking: "Baby Doc" Duvalier in Custody. Preval's Distraction?

Thad Allen Tells BP Seabed "Seeping" and Demands More Monitoring

Missing New Orleans: Nagin, Drag Queens, Obama, and "the old white guy"

Should the World Boycott the Beijing Olympics? The Horrific Story of the Falun Gong

Ashley Judd: Please, Population Control is Not the Answer for Congo

Rwandan Elections Rigged with Fear As Opponents Murdered

British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier

Misery Continues in DRC: Cholera, More Refugees, FARDC Abuse, and Radioactive Ore Dumping

BP Oil Pollution Produces Pressure for Poor Water and Air Analysis

Gorilla Industry Exposed (Again) in Central Africa

New Orleans Musicians Take Wetlands Message to DNC and RNC

Katrina Road Home Money Tied Up in Congress

UN Report on Congo: A Boeing 727 From Florida, US Stonewalling, and Gold for Dubai

Samia Salomon: A Central Pillar of Haiti's Community Journalism Network

MONUC Safety Net is Only Access to Democratic Republic of Congo

Is Baby Doc Duvalier's Return To Haiti a Distraction or Scare Tactic?

Academia vs. Reality: Data Bomb Crushes Mortality Numbers in Congo

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