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Congo-Kinshasa: Why 'Rape Victims Must Talk About Their Trauma'
IPS, 17 April 2013
Rape is often perceived as an individual trauma, but in reality its impact extends far beyond a single person and instead affects entire communities, complicating the already… Read more »
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Africa: Security Council, in Day-Long Debate, Urged to Strengthen Measures to End Rape in War Zones
UN News, 17 April 2013
Conflict-related sexual violence, horrific in itself, is also an impediment to national reconciliation and development, top United Nations officials told the Security Council at… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: G8 On Rape in DRC - What Effect?
New Times, 16 April 2013
The G8 usually meets to discuss international politics and economics - or more precisely, how the most powerful nations can maintain a stranglehold on the world's resources,… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Dr Congo Suspends Officers Implicated In Mass Rapes In What UN Calls 'Important' Step
UN News, 12 April 2013
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has suspended for further investigation the commanding officers of two of its battalions implicated in mass rapes and other human rights… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: National Leadership Crucial for Tackling Sexual Violence in DR Congo - UN Envoy
UN News, 28 March 2013
Conflict-related sexual violence is one of the most urgent challenges facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official says, stressing that… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Pressure On Congolese Authorities Key to Ending Impunity for Sexual Violence in the DR Congo
ICTJ, 27 March 2013
British Foreign Secretary William Hague and the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, are visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Calls for Suspension of DR Congo Military Units Involved in Mass Rapes
UN News, 8 March 2013
The United Nations has called on the national army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to suspend two of its battalions which, according to investigations, have been… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo - Sexual Violence Rife in Goma Camps
MSF, 17 January 2013
In December, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 95 cases of sexual violence at the Mugunga III displaced persons' camp. MSF denounces the lack of action on the… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Accuses Rebels of Rape, Execution
UN News, 21 December 2012
Newly documented human rights violations in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) include cases of arbitrary executions and rape - among other atrocities - by the 23 March… Read more »
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Uganda: Shattered Families, Raped Lives in DR Congo
Independent (Kampala), 16 December 2012
Refugees recount M23's invasion, rapes and murder: Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Surge in Sexual Violence in North Kivu
UNIRIN, 6 December 2012
Sexual violence is on the rise as armed groups continue to move across the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu Province, officials say. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence Not Just a Weapon of War in DRC
OSISA, 5 December 2012
For years, the conflict-wracked east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been cursed by sexual violence on a scarcely imaginable scale, which has seen it labelled as the… Read more »
DR Congo's Rape Victims 'Must Be Listened To'
As many reports indicate rape is being used as a tool of war in the country, a social worker has stressed the need for victims of the crime and other forms of sexual violence to be listened to.
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The authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have arrested the commander of national army soldiers who allegedly went on a rape and looting spree on New Year's Day ... Read more »
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is ÂÂthe 'capital of rape',ÂÂ says Bineta Diop, the founder of Femmes Africa Solidarité. In the ... Read more »
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The official spearheading UN efforts to combat sexual violence committed during war has welcomed the start of a trial in Germany of two Rwandans accused of ordering massacres and ... Read more »
