A team reporting for BBC Newsnight has uncovered evidence that soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were ordered to rape women by their superior officers. On Thursday, foreign ministers of the G8 announced what they were calling a historic pact and $35 million to try to prevent the use of rape as a [...]
South Africa Foils Coup Plot Against Congo Government
February 8, 2013 | Posted by
An elite South African police unit foiled a coup attempt this week against the Congolese government by infiltrating the rebel group and pretending to help them acquire weapons. The rebels sought the overthrow of the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who have seen their share of unrest fighting the M23 insurgents. The 19 [...]
The Congo Hopes To Avert Another Potentially Brutal Civil War
September 10, 2012 | Posted by
The weary citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo are once again facing the specter of another brutal civil war that could leave millions of their countrymen dead and even more homeless. An emerging rebel group called the March 23 Movement, or M23 for short, has wrested control of the eastern part of one of the [...]
Elephants Slaughtered in the Congo for Their Ivory Tusks
April 26, 2012 | Posted by
In the northeastern savannahs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 22 elephants were found slain, having been stripped of their tusks and genitals. The animals were part of a herd that had fallen prey to gunfire from a helicopter and they were unable to escape the airborn hunters. Ivory poachers continue to make their [...]
