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UK abortion movement gets Americanised, the dark side of the Guatemalan baby trade and the Kenyan village where men fear to tread
Russian arms dealer sentenced to 25 years in prison
Amnesty International says Bout has been involved in embargo-busting arms deals in Angola, Liberia, Sierra Leone and DRC
News Alert DRC: LRA and other attacks displace more than 1,200 people in DRC
In March, attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) displaced more than 1,200 people in the Dungu area, Orientale Province, while UNHCR reported 33 attacks in north-eastern DRC this year. In addition the LRA has repeatedly attacked communities in the Central African Republic in 2012, following a in lull the second half of 2011.
Attacks by Kony's LRA on the rise in central Africa
Rebels kidnapped villagers, looted food and torched homes in northeast DRC - UN
Invest in women in conflict zones to promote change
Where would you put your money as an investor? A leading campaigner against gender-based violence says there is only one answer - invest it in women in conflict zones because that's where the greatest potential for change is
CPJ: Belgian journalist Thierry Michel takes on impunity in DRC
Who killed Floribert Chebeya, the president of the leading DRC human rights group La Voix des Sans Voix, and his driver, Fid?le Bazana, in June 2010 in Kinshasa? A few runaway police officers, according to the military tribunal that judged the case and issued its sentences one year later. A few bad apples, who acted on their own, without any order from their hierarchy.
UN must review policy on peacekeepers who abuse -Amnesty
One-year jail term for 3 peacekeepers who raped Haitian boy is "travesty of justice", says Amnesty
Lack of infrastructure beleaguers aid work in the Congo
The rising hills and the dipping valleys of the DRC are picturesque from the little cabin. Its nose slices through the low clouds with ease, although the turbulence increases with each.