Traumatised and broken: the plight of children in conflict zones
“I feel a lot of terror, and now that terror is getting bigger. We started to sleep in the hallway because I’m so afraid… I’m...
Democratic Republic of Congo
DR Congo, M23 rebels ‘to sign peace deal Monday’
by AFP
Rugwerero: (Uganda): The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the defeated M23 rebels will Monday sign a peace deal, Kinshasa and Kampala said,...
DR Congo’s M23 rebels surrender after UN-backed offensive
by AFP
Bunagana (DR Congo): Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s powder-keg east surrendered Tuesday after a crushing UN-backed offensive ended their 18-month insurgency in a...
Fighting rages in eastern DR Congo
by AFP
Goma (DR Congo): A new front opened up as fighting raged between Congolese troops and rebels on the second day of a fresh flare-up that...
Democratic Republic of Congo named world’s worst place to be mother
by AFP
LONDON: The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the...
Most conflict-zone sex crimes are against children: charity
by AFP
LONDON: Save the Children on Wednesday urged action after releasing a report claiming that most rape and sexual abuse victims in many of the world’s...
Wanted DR Congo rebel surrenders to US embassy in Kigali
by AFP
Kigali: Democratic Republic of Congo rebel Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court for a string of alleged atrocities, has surrendered to the US...
‘Bonobo heaven’: life at a DR Congo ape sanctuary
by AFP
Kinshasa: Claudine Andre, a 67-year-old Belgian living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has spent the last 20 years dedicated to the protection of the...
Violence rocks east DR Congo despite rebel pullout
by AFP
MUGUNGA CAMP, DR Congo: Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma assumed gradual control of the mining hub on Sunday after a...
DR Congo rebels begin pullout from frontline
by AFP
Sake: Hundreds of Congolese rebels withdrew Friday from frontline positions around Goma as promised under a regionally brokered deal, while police entered the key eastern...