Advocacy groups, Congo experts applaud appointment of Feingold as Envoy
Twenty-two advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud US Secretary of State John Kerry for his appointment of former US Senator Russ Feingold as the new US Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Senator Russ Feingold has endorsed Barack Obama for president - a day after the Illinois senator clinched the Democratic presidential nomination over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.