UN: Nearly 200 women raped by Congolese troops

After having repulsed the attacks from M23 rebels on Monday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Armed Forces (FARDC) have asserted that they are in control of Muntaho locality in North-Kivu Province in the eastern part of DR Congo.The ...

The majority of the rapes by the Congolese army (FARDC) occurred in the eastern town of Minova during a two-day period, and most cases documented by UN Joint Human Rights Office followed the same pattern, the report said.

Congolese army (FARDC) soldiers sit in a military truck in Minova. PHOTO/Reuters newvision The Congolese army clashed with rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma for a second day on Tuesday, threatening an uneasy six-month peace in the region ...

A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) sits on a personnel carrier next to a UN peacekeeper on the road between Goma and Rutshuru near the village of Kibumba I, around 20km from Goma in the Democratic ...

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CONGO - The UN and World Bank chiefs made a fresh push for peace and development as they arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the latest bout of fighting has sent thousands fleeing. With major violence flaring up north of the regional ...

The United Nations Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while voicing concerns over renewed fighting in the eastern part of the country.

KINSHASA The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in aid for Africa's Great Lakes region as UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo where fresh fighting has sent hundreds of people fleeing. Fighting erupted between ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Artillery rounds landed in a heavily populated neighbourhood of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, killing a child and injuring other civilians a day before a planned visit by U.N.