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Democratic Republic of Congo: Unrelenting violence stalks civilians throughout Eastern DR Congo(0)
DRC–Throughout 2009, the civilians suffered continuous violence from different armed groups in eastern Congo. Hundreds of people were killed, thousands of women, children, and, sometimes, men were raped and hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes. Guerrilla warfare has replaced armed clashes in North Kivu where combatants spread terror by looting and burning houses [...]
Full Story»RDC: Lancement de la Stratégie de lutte contre les violences basées sur le genre en RDC
Kinshasa DRC–La Représentant spéciale adjointe du Secrétaire Général en RDC, Leila Zerrougui, a lancé aujourd’hui avec les autorités Congolaises, notamment la Ministre du Genre de la Famille et de l’enfant, la nouvelle Stratégie Nationale de Lutte contre les Violences Basées sur le Genre en RDC, dans une cérémonie au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. Extraits de [...]
Eastern Congo: “Women are afraid that they could be raped any night here”
Kiwanja, North Kivu, DRC–Julie* had just blown out the kerosene lamp and was lying in bed next to her husband when suddenly the stillness of the night was pierced by enraged shouts and the sound of a door being kicked open. Eight armed men burst into her house in a small village in Congo’s North [...]
