Sexual Violence Against Children Soars in Congo, U.N. Group Says
UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...
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DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...
Civilian death toll exceeds 80 after east Congo militia attack, says UN mission
More than 80 civilians were killed in a late night attack by the armed group CODECO on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week, UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO ...
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Humanitarian and health-care crises in eastern DR Congo
An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...
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US Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Women Hard in the War Zones of Eastern Congo and Sudan
The Emergency Response Room operating in Khartoum State, home of Sudan’s capital, runs a Women’s Response Room in Juref West and receives 70 percent of its funding from USAID. It offers relocation ...
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USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and ...
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
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Many experts believe they are descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans.
UN Experts Call For Urgent Humanitarian Relief And A Political Solution To Protect Civilians In DRC
The experts urged the international community to step up efforts and funding to support the Government of DRC to protect and assist displaced persons, while emphasising the need for proper ...
A family fleeing violence in eastern Congo sees little hope as rebels grab more land
Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels seized the key city of ...