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Democratic Republic of Congo
The crisis in DR Congo is often known as the ‘forgotten conflict’, yet it is a war that has killed over 5 million people. People continue to be killed, raped and displaced in their hundreds of thousands in the east of the country, despite the official story that “the war is over”.
Both the government of the DRC and the rest of the world must take their responsibility to protect civilians seriously.
News Feeds
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Migrants Living With Aids in South Africa
allAfrica.com | 17/05/2012 11:03am |
"Solidarity for Survival" is an exhibition that shows the difficult living conditions that African foreign nationals who have come to seek refuge in South Africa endure. It is currently showing at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg.... More
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IFJ Calls for the Reopening of a Radio and the Release of a Detained Journalist
allAfrica.com | 17/05/2012 09:47am |
[IFJ] The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the suspension of radio "Liberté" and the arrest of 9 of its journalists in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). More
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Jacques of All Trades Keeps Refugee Camp Safe
allAfrica.com | 17/05/2012 06:07am |
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Thousands Flee Fighting in East
allAfrica.com | 16/05/2012 15:01pm |
[UN News] The top United Nations refugee official today voiced his alarm at new inflows of refugees into Rwanda and Uganda, fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More
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North Kivu in Turmoil Again
allAfrica.com | 16/05/2012 15:00pm |
In the last few weeks fighting between government troops and "mutineers" has ended three years of relative peace in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and thousands of refugees have been streaming across... More
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Hague Prosecutors Accuse Militia of Village Massacre
allAfrica.com | 16/05/2012 12:44pm |
[RNW Africa] Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court argued in summing up Tuesday that two Congolese ex-militia leaders are guilty of a bloody massacre of villagers that claimed more than 200 lives. More
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'Screaming Eagle' Soldiers Oversee Demining
allAfrica.com | 16/05/2012 09:49am |
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Bosco Ntaganda Recruits Children By Force
allAfrica.com | 16/05/2012 06:46am |
Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, who mutinied against the Democratic Republic of Congo in early April 2012, has forcibly recruited at least 149 boys and young men into his forces since April 19, Human Rights Watch said today. Ntaganda, a former... More
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Peacekeepers Attacked in Protest Over FDLR
allAfrica.com | 16/05/2012 03:41am |
Protests against the terror campaigns carried out in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the FDLR militia saw angry civilians turn against United Nations peacekeepers at the weekend. It was a shock attack in which at least 11 Pakistani... More
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Doubts About ICC in DRC
allAfrica.com | 16/05/2012 03:35am |
In a dramatic twist to the hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC), the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has sought a warrant of arrest against Genocide fugitive Sylvestre Mudacumura, the supreme commander... More
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