Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC
Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...
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Ethiopia: Why fear of a return to full conflict is growing in Tigray
Tigray Defence Forces have seized control of several major towns in the region, laying bare the fragility of a truce with the ...
Lusaka Times8h
Southern African Leaders Announce Troop Withdrawal from Eastern DR Congo Amid Escalating Conflict
Southern African leaders have announced the phased withdrawal of regional troops from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ...
Al Jazeera on MSN1d
‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars
Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?
Congo, M23 rebels to begin direct peace talks on March 18, Angola says
Direct peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will begin in the Angolan capital on March 18, ...
Human Rights Watch1d
A Historic Step toward Justice
Acting on an arrest warrant from the ICC, Philippine authorities arrested Duterte in Manila yesterday and put him on a plane ...
Religion Unplugged1d
‘Giving People Hope’: US-Based Congolese Christians Pray For DRC
March 8 holds painful memories for Ezekiel Batsi Batende, pastor of Swahili Baptist Church at Woodmont. On that day in 2008, he and his family fled their home in the Democratic Republic of Congo as ...
Kentucky Today2d
Congolese Southern Baptists support, pray for DRC homeland as death toll rises
March 8 holds painful memories for Ezekiel Batsi Batende, pastor of Swahili Baptist Church at Woodmont. On that day in 2008, ...
MyNorthwest2d
UN-backed rights experts hear Palestinians’ allegations of abuse in Israeli custody during the war
Palestinians described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers — punched in the genitals, held for days while naked, ...
Congo faces setback in mpox response after Rwanda-backed rebels advance in the east
Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...
Jacobin on MSN2d
Europe’s Shameful Role in the War in Congo
The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...
Praying for peace in Congo
As fights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo escalate, Elkhart County residents are protesting for peace. Alma and Evra Tshisola, of Elkhart, put together a small protest at the Elkhart County ...