By Nangayi Guyson – New York – AFP- The UN official on Friday said more than 15 000 rapes were committed last year in a strife-torn region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where peacekeepers are unable to fully protect civilians. With accusations now being made against DRC government troops over new cases of raping and killing in the east of the country, the head of the UN force, Roger Meece, said “the scale of the problem is enormous”. Margot Wallstroem, UN special envoy on sexual violence against women in conflict, told the council on Thursday that government troops are... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, October 18th 2010 |
By Nangayi Guyson – Kinshasa – BBC- Thousands of women, led by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s First Lady are on a march against sexual violence. First Lady Olive Lembe Kabila led the women through the streets of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province with Many of them carrying banners with slogans such as “No to sexual terrorism”, according to the AFP news agency. “Coming here is important because violence towards women is used systematically as a weapon of war,” said Miriam Nobre of World March of Women, which organised the march. However, Nene Rukunghu, a doctor at a hospital... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, October 18th 2010 |
By Guyson Nanagayi – Kinshasa – Lt Col Mayele of the Mai Mai Cheka rebel group in DR Congo has been arrested by DRC army and UN peacekeepers over suspects that he led attacks involving the mass rape of hundreds of civilians.UN officials said. The leader was arrested after UN and DR Congo forces carried a joint operation in North Kivu province. A UN spokesman said Lt Col Mayele, who was arrested in the province’s Walikale region, was in custody at a Congolese military court in the provincial capital, Goma. A deputy in the Mai Mai militia, he was handed... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, October 6th 2010 |
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo – International Medical Corps has been awarded $10 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the Bienvenue aux Changements dans la Communauté (BCC) program. As lead grantee, International Medical Corps will implement the program with partners Search for Common Ground and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs. While providing a comprehensive and innovative program to prevent SGBV, International Medical Corps and its partners will utilize behavior change communication to impact... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 5th 2010 |
By Guyson Nanagayi – Geneva – AFP- The UN on Friday published a hotly-contested report detailing massacres by foreign armies and rebels saying acts of genocide may have been committed in the DR Congo. Although the report was published, Rwanda, whose troops are at the center of the most serious accusations, said it categorically rejected the report after it failed to have it suppressed.”The government of Rwanda categorically rejects this report,” said a statement. “The desire to validate the double genocide theory is consistently present throughout The Draft Mapping Report by mirror imaging’ the actors, ideology, and methods employed during... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, October 3rd 2010 |
