Unity is strength: How one woman found the strength to survive—and speak up Change is afoot in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where women are finding new power in working together to confront the challenges of life in an unstable region. Anna Kramer 26 May 2015 (posted on Genocide Watch 01 June 2015)     Image: Louise Nyiranolozi holds a jerry-can full of clean water in Buporo, a camp for displaced people

Part War Crimes Trial, Part Performance Art: Tribunal Investigates Congo Conflict Theatre director brings together mining companies, government officials and local residents to try to unravel one of the world's most complicated wars David Smith, the Guardian 29 May 2015 (posted on Genocide Watch 01 June 2015)     No one knows exactly how many people have died in the past two decades in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but Milo Rau,

Residents Start Tax Strike in Terrorized Eastern DRC Town Nick Long, Voice of America 25 May 2015 (posted on Genocide Watch 01 June 2015)       GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO— Residents of Beni, a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are on a tax strike following a series of massacres in the area. Local activists have called for the strike to go on until security is restored. Civil society groups in Beni territory

DRC Asks US for New Great Lakes Envoy Nick Long, Voice of America 29 May 2015 (posted on Genocide Watch 01 June 2015)   Image: U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Russel Feingold, center, talks to reporters in Kinshasa on the last leg of a 10-day visit to the country on January 28, 2014. GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO— Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called on the U.S. to

Slow start revives doubts about Congo campaign against Rwandan rebels Aaron Ross, Reuters 22 March 2015   (Reuters) - The government soldiers manning an outpost high above the town of Kashuga have a panoramic view of the hills and valleys of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, home to hundreds of Rwandan Hutu rebels their government has promised to crush. But three weeks after Congo's army launched an offensive against the Democratic Forces

DR Congo activists in Goma arrested BBC News Africa 17 March 2015 At least 11 people have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma for protesting against the detention of pro-democracy activists, officials have said. Two Belgians who were at the protest were assaulted by the security forces, according to the Belgian embassy. DR Congo's government has accused the detained activists, who include Senegalese and Burkinabe

DR Congo launches offensive against Hutu rebels AFP 24 February 2015   The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday launched an assault against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the volatile east of the country, military and official sources said. "Operations against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) began in South Kivu early this morning and will last as long as these people resist," an officer in the armed forces (FARDC)

Hundreds still detained after Congo protests as Kabila gets tough Aaron Ross, Reuters 10 February 2015   (Reuters) - More than 300 people, including opposition leaders, remain in detention in Democratic Republic of Congo after protests last month, reinforcing concerns that President Joseph Kabila plans to cling to power beyond his legal mandate. Kabila is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term next year after winning disputed elections

DR Congo: UN mission says police arrest more than 200 suspected of recent attacks UN News Centre 5 November 2014 The United Nations stabilizations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced today that more than 200 people have been arrested in relation to the recent attacks against civilians around the town of Beni in the long-restive eastern part of the vast African country. The announcement came just hours before the UN Security

Denis Mukwege, an African Voice Against Rape, Is Honored by Europe By Alan Cowell and Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times 22 October 2014 The European Parliament has awarded its highest human rights accolade, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to Dr. Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecological surgeon who has treated thousands of women and risked his life in a campaign to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war. The $65,000 award was