Fighting in the DRC sparks a surge of sexual violence
UNICEF recorded nearly 600 cases of rape in the week following the fall of Goma, in the east of the country, at the end of ...
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DRC: Classes restart in Goma after rumours of M23 forced recruitment
Classes started again on Thursday in some of Goma's schools, the day after panic broke out following a rumor alleging the ...
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UN: Deaths near 3,000 in fighting for DRC's Goma
“We expect this number to go up,” she ... perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, an allegation the DRC rejects. M23 holds Goma Van de Perre said Goma is “firmly under control at the ...
Goma is threatened by conflict and a volcano: we’ve created a handbook to help hotspots like these
The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of ...
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Conflict in the DRC: What you need to know about the crisis
We call for all parties to the conflict to cease hostilities ... Shells have struck hospitals in Goma, DRC, killing and injuring civilians, including newborns and pregnant women. Armed groups continue ...
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More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
Between nine and 13 female inmates, “all of whom had also been raped,” survived the blaze, Magango added, citing a judicial source in the DRC. “We did not ... the city of Goma, called ...
After Goma, DRC's Bukavu falls under M23 rebels' control
The armed group, backed by several thousand Rwandan soldiers, has taken the capital of South Kivu province. It continues to ...
It's been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a ...
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Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
“On Sunday, we were practically cut off from the world.” Aerial view of Goma, Nord Kivu, DRC in November 2014. Image courtesy ...
Rwanda’s president says he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in DRC
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
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More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma ... DRC’s army and its allied forces. “We ...