Ben Affleck and Bill Gates lend power to Congo cause on Capitol Hill – video

Actor and director Ben Affleck, the founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, appeal for continued diplomatic and financial assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo during a testimony at a Senate appropriations committee hearing on Thursday. Referring to Starbucks' partnership with the ECI to develop Congo as a key source of coffee, Affleck said it shown positive results in the impoverished, war-ravaged country Continue reading...



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