BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Militiamen killed 22 people in two separate attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ituri province on Sunday and Monday, a local official and a human rights group said, in ongoing violence in the region. The DR...
“The devastating escalation in the use of explosive weapons is a new and dangerous development in a three-decade conflict already rife with human rights and humanitarian law violations,” Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said. Advertisement The rights group’s report ...
The capture of such a large city will be a huge boost for the rebels and a major defeat for government forces. Goma's fall would also have a “catastrophic impact on hundreds of thousands of civilians, putting them at risk of heightened exposure to human rig...
Share KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda’s army and a militia it backs shelled camps for displaced people in eastern Congo,Human Rights Watchsaid. It also accused Congo of abuses against civilians. A report by the group released Thursday said that since the beginning of the year, Rwanda’s ...
Political Science » Human Rights The Consequences of Rape During Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo "I rape because of the need. After that I feel like a man." These are the words of a rebel soldier who ruthlessly roams the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo...
U.N. human rights chief says global conflict is causing "unconscionable death and suffering," with 72% more children killed in 2023 than the previous year. Jun 18, 2024 Congo's army says 3 Americans among those behind thwarted coup attempt ...
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Congo is a major source of tin, tantalum and tungsten, so-called 3T minerals used in computers and mobile phones. But some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes, according to U.N. experts and human rights groups. ...
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Rwanda denies that but tensions between the countries are flaring, while M23 and other groups are accused of regularly carrying out attacks that include the killing and raping of civilians, according to Human Rights Watch. The lawyers for the Congo government quoted a 2022 report by ...