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Cameroon: Women, War and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

By Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo: Post-Conflict reconstruction: The Bafanji women tell it all - When it began, the aftermath challenge and how they contributed to the…

Families in camp scattered by DRC fighting

“We were together in the forest when the fighting forced us to flee,” Mukakarimba said in tears, cradling her little boy to protect him from the lashing rain…

Bombs and hunger haunt Sudan's Nuba mountains

Leaning on a hillside rock with her child balanced on her one sound leg, Nafisa Juad looks out at the roofless ghost town of Buram on the dusty plain below.…

Fears of rights abuses in DRC war

Fears of serious human rights abuses in the latest wave of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially in areas that have previously…

Armed Groups in Northern Mali Raping Women

Increasing numbers of Malian women are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups that have swept across the north of Mali since the beginning of year,…

KENYA: The Women Who Wait For Justice

Between 2006 and 2008 approximately 300 Kenyans were forcibly disappeared in Kenya's Mt. Elgon region after being either arrested by Kenyan security forces or…

SOUTH SUDAN: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Massacre

In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she…

SOUTH SUDAN: Who will look after this child now?

Nyaluak Deng Awuol is caring for her orphaned nephew, five-year-old Ajai Mawut Garang, who is recovering from a gunshot wound in Juba hospital. He was injured…

'Nigeria Spring' here to stay

The strikes that forced Nigeria's government to restore some of the withdrawn fuel subsidy have been described as "Nigeria's Harmattan". They did not last as…

Nigerians Wake to Find Military Guns & Tanks on the Streets

By Adepeju Mabadeje in Lagos: Nigerians woke this morning to find military men on the streets mounting road blocks, searching for Occupy Nigeria materials.…

Rebuilding the lives of children associated with armed groups

A partnership of humanitarian organizations working with community volunteers in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has helped demobilize…

DR CONGO: An Army of Protectors or Sexual Predators

If mass rape was not a part of life before the conflict in the Congo, why is it endemic now? And more importantly, how can it be rooted out? The UN Special…

Rebels kill 26 in DR Congo attacks

At least 26 people have been killed by suspected Rwandan FDLR rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the beginning of the year, the army said on…

Congo: The 'World War' Nobody Knows About

Many people think that World War III has never occurred – but they would be wrong. A third 'World War' did indeed occur and it killed at least 5 million…

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