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Congo-Kinshasa:
UN Rights Panel to Hear From Sexual Violence Victims
UN News, 29 September 2010
Victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will have the opportunity to speak out before a high-level panel convened by the United Nations human… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Senior UN Official to Investigate Mass Rape of Civilians
UN News, 28 September 2010
A leading United Nations official in the fight against sexual violence during conflict began a week-long visit to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today to coordinate a response… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Peacekeepers Launch New Operation After Mass Rapes
UN News, 8 September 2010
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken several measures to improve the protection of civilians in the east of the country… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Critiquing the UN Over Rape Cases
MediaGlobal, 3 September 2010
While recent events in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sparked international debate, at the UN, official declarations have lacked transparency. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
IPS, 3 September 2010
Twenty-eight minors have been documented as victims of last month's four-day raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Rape Cases Rise to 242, Says NGO
RFI, 3 September 2010
Suspected rebels have raped at least 242 women within a few days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province, according to an American medical charity. Rapes… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
More Than 20 Children Among Hundreds Raped in East - UN
UN News, 3 September 2010
More than two dozen children were among the hundreds of civilians recently raped by members of armed groups active in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),… Read more »