DDG: Mine-free Uganda in 2012
After years of continued work to clear Uganda for landmines, the Central-African nation is close to the aim of being declared mine free. Now, renewed support is needed for Uganda to be able to live up to the international Mine Ban Treaty.
Systematic rape continues on Congo-Angola border-UN
Hundreds of women are being raped during mass expulsions from Angola to Congo
Boys of 13 fight in Chad conflict - Amnesty
Amnesty says recruitment escalated since Darfur conflict flared
Aid increasingly wasted on security aims - Oxfam
Major chunk of new Western aid in last decade goes to Iraq and Afghanistan
Congo soldiers go on trial for mass rapes
Eleven soldiers accused of raping more than 60 women in eastern Congo go on trial at a military court
Q&A: Aid system 'part of the problem' in tackling corruption
Think tank head says the aid industry must improve its own governance before lecturing fragile states
Africa, Caribbean urged to brace for food price shocks
Governments must prepare to protect the poorest, say IMF and World Bank