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Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn addition, the M23 rebels have forced children to be soldiers, according to the report by a panel...
Mobile court offers rare chance of justice for east Congo rape victims
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA large crowd gathered around the open sides of the makeshift courtroom in the eastern Congolese...
'I have been raped twice in just the last year': Pay attention to the fighting in Congo
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAn epidemic of rape has overwhelmed the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the world isn’t paying...
Congo Nobel laureate asks U.N. to sanction Rwanda for alleged rebel support
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCongo Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege has called for United Nations sanctions against Rwanda for its...
Congo Nobel laureate doctor Mukwege announces presidency bid
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoKINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo's Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynaecologist Denis...
Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of military confrontation, UN envoy says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation...
'I wanted to scream': Growing conflict in Congo drives sexual assault against displaced women
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA hooded man burst into the 42-year-old woman's tent while her children were out searching for food,...
Congo's president makes campaign stop near conflict zone and blasts Rwanda for backing rebels
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA fiery President Felix Tshisekedi rallied thousands of supporters at a stadium in a...
Congo's M23 rebels killed 20, carried out mass rapes, Amnesty says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFighters from Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped scores of women and girls in the east in November, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday ...
Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo’s people to forgive those who committed “inhuman violence”...