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Ebola: WHO decides DRC outbreak is not a 'global' health emergency
The current Ebola crisis has recorded more than 2,000 cases.
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The current Ebola crisis has recorded more than 2,000 cases.
The latest outbreak has so far infected 840 people and killed 537 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“One day, in 2007, I was surrounded by boys who told me they were going to rape me to give me a taste for men, that whatever I did I was still a woman.”
The train crashed in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bodies are being being buried after being taken from the wreckage, as there is no morgue in the area….
An Irish consortium highlighted the issue of gender based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a seminar in Dublin yesterday.
Doctor in Democratic Republic of Congo speaks of the horror of flood of children coming to hospital in critical state.
A rebel militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seized control of an eastern town after days of fighting that have left more than 80 people dead, the UN has confirmed.
Eleven African countries have been invited to sign a UN-brokered accord aiming to end more than two decades of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rebels are meeting with the Congolese government in Uganda for peace talks – in a bid to end the long-running conflict that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
The UK is to withhold million in aid over concerns that Rwanda is supporting of rebels country, which is in the midst of an increasingly violent conflict.
A rebel group seeking to overthrow the Congolese government makes gains, and millions of civilians are displaced by the conflict.
Aid workers say the deteriorating situation in the country has left millions of civilians displaced and vulnerable to exploitation and violence.
US State Dept’s annual report on human trafficking shows progress being made in Burma, while Syria fell in the rankings.
The International Crisis Group warns of risk of “serious escalation of violence” in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A woman and her boyfriend have been sentenced for the “sadistic” killing of her 15-year-old brother, who the couple had accused of practising witchcraft.
At least 18 people have been killed and 100 seriously injured in election violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Human Rights Watch.
The African country could be plunged into violence again if it is unable to agree on the results of the presidential and legislative election – the first government-led elections since the end of the last war.
The election is almost certainly expected to return President Joseph Kibala to power, analysts say.
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Global survey releases findings which show that Afghanistan is the most dangerous place for women, while the DRC comes a close second.
A lieutenant colonel and his subordinates escaped the death penalty but received prison sentences in a landmark case.
Humanitarian aid agency says the already-volatile situation in eastern DRC has deteriorated further, as new reports of mass rape emerge.
Jean-Pierre Bemba faces charges of murder, rape and pillage during the most important trial at the International Criminal Court to date.
Twenty passengers died when the DRC plane crashed in August. The sole survivor blamed a loose crocdile.
The same communities that were horrifically abused by rebels months ago may have been targeted again by the troops meant to protect them.
Rwanda has dismissed accusations of war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo, and pressures the UN to revise its report.
Sexual violence considered a weapon of war in DRC.