A US report says 48 women and girls are raped every hour in DR Congo, a rate significantly higher than a previous UN estimate.

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DR Congo: ’48 rapes every hour’

The trial of two Rwandan rebel leaders accused of masterminding atrocities in DR Congo starts in Stuttgart in Germany – the first of its kind.

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Rwanda rebels on trial in Germany

The trial of two Rwandan rebel leaders accused of masterminding atrocities in DR Congo starts in Stuttgart in Germany – the first of its kind.

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Rwanda rebels on trial in Germany

A journalist explores why Congo has been left to its cycle of war and massacre.

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Explaining Congo’s Endless Civil War

At least 16 people are killed as a cargo plane crashes in a residential area of Congo’s economic capital, Pointe-Noire.

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Deadly cargo plane crash in Congo

Warfare is stopping 28 million children worldwide from receiving an education, with DR Congo one of the worst-affected places, the UN says.

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Conflict ‘robs 28m of education’

Eight foreigners – from the US, France and Nigeria – are arrested on allegations of gold smuggling in eastern DR Congo, officials say.

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DR Congo ‘gold smuggling’ arrests

The head of a Rwandan rebel group accused of committing war crimes in DR Congo is being transferred from Paris to The Hague, French prosecutors say.

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Rwanda rebel leader sent to ICC

An army commander in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been accused of leading the recent mass rape of at least 50 women.

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DR Congo army man ‘led mass rape’

Police fire shots to disperse disgruntled fans in DR Congo, after TP Mazembe lose 3-0 to Inter Milan in the Club World Cup final.

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DR Congo unrest as Mazembe lose

Enough Project names 21 companies that use minerals at the heart of the Congo conflict. Nairobi, Kenya – What’s the true cost of that mobile phone in your pocket? That’s the big question human rights group Enough Project wants you to ponder this year as it urges holiday consumers to be strategic when buying electronic gifts. read more

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Is Your New Mobile Phone Made With Conflict Minerals?

The army in the DR Congo rejects the findings of a UN report that rebel forces of the CNDP and FNL are regrouping in the east.

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Congo army denies rebel comeback

A war-torn region needs enduring help from the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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Ben Affleck: How the United States can help secure Congo

A UN report says criminal networks in the DR Congo army are a major cause of insecurity and conflict in the east of the country.

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DR Congo army ‘worsens conflict’

The war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba, a leading politician from Congo, opened on Monday at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

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War Crimes Trial Begins for Congolese Politician