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The United Nations Peacekeeping mission has of late been under scanner, already involved in many sexual exploitation and human rights abuse scandals apart from various allegations like oil for food scam. Now, the UN mission in Congo too has come under..
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The tropical rain turns Goma’s lava-blackened streets to slurry as thick grey storm clouds thunder overhead.
For hours the city is on pause as its hawkers and...
made popular Dec 12 2009
A Nevada-based company’s purchase of minerals looted from eastern Congo is helping to finance a decade-long war that has claimed the lives of millions of civilians,...
made popular Dec 3 2009
One of Africa’s most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and...
made popular Nov 27 2009
This Sunday “60 Minutes” will present an investigation into how the global gold industry is helping fuel violence and chaos in the Congo.
CBS reporter...
made popular Nov 26 2009
A new United Nations report says that the Congolese Army continues to funnel weapons to rebel groups that are smuggling millions of dollars in gold and other minerals...
made popular Nov 25 2009
More than 50,000 people have fled clashes between two ethnic groups in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN says.
Many of those fleeing...
made popular Nov 21 2009
Sanction busters are smuggling 40 tonnes of gold annually out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations official has told the BBC.
Dino Mahtani said most...
made popular Nov 17 2009
A former leader of Congo’s Ninja militias has died in Paris, aged 76.
Bernard Kolelas was an MP in Congo at the time of his death and was a popular politician in...
made popular Nov 14 2009
Rape and defilement have been documented as the most common violations against women in the East Africa and Great Lakes Region, a scenario that women activists fear...
made popular Nov 4 2009
Looking at herself in the mirror, nine-year-old Helena squealed with delight at her reflection, standing upright with just the slightest support of her therapist. A...
made popular Oct 24 2009
More than 1,000 civilians have been killed and nearly 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo by Rwandan Hutu militiamen and Congolese forces since January, humanitarian...
made popular Oct 14 2009
Rape as a weapon of war against men has begun to rise in Congo. The shocking plight of the women suffering what is likely the worst sexual violence in the world has...
made popular Sep 15 2009
Since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended her African trip, the news cycle has seemingly abandoned the women of Congo–women who soldier on despite...
made popular Sep 2 2009
For the women of eastern Congo, a U.S.-backed Congolese military operation meant to save them from abusive rebels has turned into a nightmare of its own.
made popular Aug 12 2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Congolese youth to lead nationwide protests against massive corruption and rampant sexual violence in...
made popular Aug 11 2009
One has to have some degree of sympathy for Hillary Clinton. She put off her ambitions for that of her husband’s and then was humiliated by him. A nomination and...
made popular Aug 11 2009
Hillary Clinton on Monday showed a rare flash of public anger on a trip to Africa as a student asked for her husband’s views, putting him in his place by saying...
made popular Aug 11 2009
For the past week a remarkable battle has been raging in the mountain forests of Eastern Congo. Park rangers entrusted with protecting some of the world’s most...
made popular Aug 7 2009
It was around 11 p.m. when armed men burst into Kazungu Ziwa’s hut, put a machete to his throat and yanked down his pants. Mr. Ziwa is a tiny man, about four feet,...
made popular Aug 5 2009
Congolese authorities have failed to prevent widespread rapes, Human Rights Watch said in a new report, citing U.N. data showing 7,703 cases of sexual violence by the...
made popular Jul 16 2009
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