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Congo-Kinshasa: Can War Crimes Trials Overcome Violence in the DRC?
African Arguments, 8 May 2014
On 20th November, 2012, over 130 women and girls in eastern DR Congo were raped and sexually assaulted by members of the Congolese armed forces. Read more »
Can Trials Halt Sexual Crimes in DR Congo?
A military court in Goma has handed down a judgment against 39 soldiers implicated in sexual assault and rape. The decision was remarkable in a number of ways, writes African Arguments.
A 13-year-old girl, raped by armed men, waits for treatment at a health clinic in eastern DRC
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Mass Rape Verdict Fails to Deliver Justice to Victims, Says UN Envoy
UN News, 8 May 2014
The United Nations envoy on sexual violence in conflict today voiced her disappointment that only two people were convicted of rape during the recent trial of 39 soldiers and… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Court Acquits Most Soldiers of Mass Rape
UN News, 6 May 2014
Disappointed by the ruling of a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) military court which acquitted close to half of the 39 Congolese soldiers accused of mass rape in 2012, the… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: ICC Appeals Chamber to Hold Hearing in the Lubanga Case On 19-20 May 2014
PR Newswire, 1 May 2014
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold a hearing on 19 and 20 May 2014 in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. The hearing will be held… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Urges Kabila to Act Against FDLR
Focus, 5 May 2014
The United States Secretary of State John Kerry has urged DRC President, Joseph Kabila, to pursue the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) who are holed up in the… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Katanga Case - Sentence to Be Delivered On 23 May 2014
PR Newswire, 6 May 2014
Today, 6 May 2014, Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it will deliver the sentence in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga on 23 May… Read more »
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Nigeria: National Conference and Mobutu
Daily Trust, 9 May 2014
Former President of Zaire (now Congo DR), Mobutu Sese Seko, struck an alliance with President Eisenhower to save Congo from balkanisation by Cold War diplomacy by NATO countries. Read more »
