The United Nations has intensified military patrols in the areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in a bid to arrest leader Joseph Kony and his indicted commanders. Read more »
Certain parts of the country are still affected by landmines, which hinders the livelihoods of farmers and makes the transportation of food from local villages to trading centres a ... Read more »
A UN report that found that security forces committed serious human rights violations during the 2011 elections adds impetus to a judicial investigation currently underway. Read more »
Invisible Children's Kony2012 campaign video has been viewed by tens of millions of people but the documentary's effectiveness continues to be questioned, with many critics ... Read more »
International Criminal Court judges, in convicting Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga of war crimes, have reminded the world that persons who engage children in an armed conflict ... Read more »
Survivors of sexual violence and non-government organisations have called the ICC's verdict in the Thomas Lubanga trial "weak" and "not definitive" as most sex-related crimes were ... Read more »
Mass rape as a weapon of war has been practiced by both militias and government forces and is so endemic that about 40 women are raped every day, some as old as 80 years of age and ... Read more »
The International Criminal Court will announce its first verdict in March 2012, when it issues a judgment in the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo who is accused of participating in ... Read more »
Security forces recently fired teargas to prevent peaceful demonstrators from marching in the capital, Kinshasa, to protest the results of recent elections. Read more »
A presidential adviser was killed and finance minister injured in a plane crash in the eastern part of the country, the government has said. Read more »
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