Congo suspends 12 senior army officers in probe of mass rape
126 women were raped in Minova in November after Congolese army troops fled to the town as so-called M23 rebels briefly captured the nearby provincial capital Goma - UN
G8 reaches "historic" agreement to end rape as weapon of war
From Bosnia to DR Congo, rape has been used against hundreds of thousands of women and girls, inflicting unimaginable suffering, destroying families and fuelling conflict - UK foreign minister
Protecting land rights with Wikipedia-style maps
Companies and land activists turn to crowdsourcing - soliciting input from a large number of people in order to quickly build land inventories that can help reduce corruption and improve oversight of land resources.
Giant landslides identified by seismic fingerprints
A new technique that can identify catastrophic landslides based on their seismic signals could one day lead to a global system for identifying regions at particular risk from this hazard.
Climate change could be double-edged sword for farmers
On a global level, climate change could slash crop yields and increase reliance on irrigation in the 2030s, but in some regions, including Southern Africa, agricultural output could increase and farming become less dependent on water, according to a study published in February.
Most rape victims in conflict zones are children - report
In the worst-affected countries, such as Liberia and Sierra Leone, children made up more than 70 percent of victims - report
Goma calling?Angelina Jolie visits CARE project in DRC
Two weeks ago I found myself showing Angelina Jolie and UK foreign minister William Hague around the Lac Vert camp for displaced people near Goma, where they had come to meet rape survivors.