Angelina Jolie has gone on a visit to the DRC in a bid to encourage world powers to do more to tackle rape and sexual assault in war zones.
Officials in the east of the DRC have accused a rebel force of replacing traditional leaders and extorting heavy taxes from the people.
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/ 28 January 2009
The leader of Rwandan Hutu rebels on Wednesday predicted that intense fighting would erupt within days in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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/ 23 January 2009
Rich Congolese mineral deposits are both the bounty and the curse of the war-torn nation, the seeds of recovery and the drivers of the bloody conflict
Rebels clashed on Friday with a pro-government militia in eastern DRC as a United Nations envoy held talks with guerrilla chief Laurent Nkunda.
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/ 8 December 2008
Rebels opened peace negotiations with a government delegation on Monday in their first direct talks on ending the conflict in eastern DRC.
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/ 13 November 2008
Michel became a child soldier after he left his house in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to get some milk and never returned.
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/ 7 November 2008
A celebrity photographer turns his lens on survivors of the eastern Congo conflict, now living in refugee camps.