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Kidnapped Woman Made To Cook, Eat Human Flesh: Rights Group To UN
A Congolese woman was kidnapped twice by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.
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Congo Opposition Leader Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
A court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a political opposition leader to five years in prison on Wednesday, a human rights advocate said, a judgment that risks imperiling multi-party talks meant to organise a presidential election next year.
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Fighting in Congo Between Army and Rebels Kills at Least 30
At least 30 people including a UN peacekeeper were killed in clashes pitting the army and UN troops against Ugandan rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said today.
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At Least 7 Civilians Killed in Eastern Democratic Republic Congo
At least seven civilians were killed in a weekend attack by Ugandan rebels in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional official told AFP on Sunday.
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United Nations Calls for Exhumation of Congo Mass Grave
The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo urged the government on Wednesday to exhume more than 400 bodies buried last month in a mass grave, the head of the organisation's human rights office said.
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UN Peacekeepers Bar 7 Congolese Officers Over Rights Records
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo barred seven Congolese army and police officers from receiving support after ruling there was a "real risk" they could commit human rights abuses, according to a U.N. report.
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Congo Fails to Meet UN Deadline to Remove Generals Linked to Abuses
Democratic Republic of Congo failed to meet a UN deadline to remove two generals accused of rights abuses and will now be formally notified that peacekeepers will not support its offensive against Rwandan rebels, a UN official said today.
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Rwanda Accused of 'Forced Disappearances'
An increasing number of people have been forcibly disappeared or have been reported missing in Rwanda since March 2014, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday, blaming the national army for some of the cases.
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Girls as young as six raped by Congolese soldiers in Minova: UN
Democratic Republic of Congo troops raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the country's volatile east after they fled from advancing M23 rebels in late November, according to a UN report released on Wednesday.
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Kidnapped Woman Made To Cook, Eat Human Flesh: Rights Group To UN
A Congolese woman was kidnapped twice by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.
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Congo Opposition Leader Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
A court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a political opposition leader to five years in prison on Wednesday, a human rights advocate said, a judgment that risks imperiling multi-party talks meant to organise a presidential election next year.
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Fighting in Congo Between Army and Rebels Kills at Least 30
At least 30 people including a UN peacekeeper were killed in clashes pitting the army and UN troops against Ugandan rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said today.
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At Least 7 Civilians Killed in Eastern Democratic Republic Congo
At least seven civilians were killed in a weekend attack by Ugandan rebels in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional official told AFP on Sunday.
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United Nations Calls for Exhumation of Congo Mass Grave
The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo urged the government on Wednesday to exhume more than 400 bodies buried last month in a mass grave, the head of the organisation's human rights office said.
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UN Peacekeepers Bar 7 Congolese Officers Over Rights Records
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo barred seven Congolese army and police officers from receiving support after ruling there was a "real risk" they could commit human rights abuses, according to a U.N. report.
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Congo Fails to Meet UN Deadline to Remove Generals Linked to Abuses
Democratic Republic of Congo failed to meet a UN deadline to remove two generals accused of rights abuses and will now be formally notified that peacekeepers will not support its offensive against Rwandan rebels, a UN official said today.
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Rwanda Accused of 'Forced Disappearances'
An increasing number of people have been forcibly disappeared or have been reported missing in Rwanda since March 2014, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday, blaming the national army for some of the cases.
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Girls as young as six raped by Congolese soldiers in Minova: UN
Democratic Republic of Congo troops raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the country's volatile east after they fled from advancing M23 rebels in late November, according to a UN report released on Wednesday.
