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ANGELINA JOLIE

Angelina Jolie takes trip to DRC in bid to tackle sexual violence

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.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
DRC

DRC: M23 rebels impose new leaders and extra taxes on civilians

Officials in the east of the DRC have accused a rebel force of replacing traditional leaders and extorting heavy taxes from the people.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
DRC WAR

Rebels warn of fresh clashes in DRC

The leader of Rwandan Hutu rebels on Wednesday predicted that intense fighting would erupt within days in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
CONGO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

DRC’s murky mining trade feels pinch of global pressures

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

  • James Stairs
4 min read
CONGO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

Fresh clashes as US envoy meets rebel head in DRC

Rebels clashed on Friday with a pro-government militia in eastern DRC as a United Nations envoy held talks with guerrilla chief Laurent Nkunda.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
DRC WAR

Landmark DRC talks kick off in Kenya

Rebels opened peace negotiations with a government delegation on Monday in their first direct talks on ending the conflict in eastern DRC.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
CHILD SOLDIERS

DRC: Warring parties must find long-term political solution

Michel became a child soldier after he left his house in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to get some milk and never returned.

  • Juliette Prodhan
3 min read
CONGO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

The luck of your birth

A celebrity photographer turns his lens on survivors of the eastern Congo conflict, now living in refugee camps.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read