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Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 10:06 am Press Release: United Nations More Than 8,000 Women Raped Last Year By Combatants In Eastern DR Congo – UN New York, Feb 8 2010 3:10PM The number of women raped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , where sexual violence committed by warring factions has become endemic, topped 8,000 last year, ...

Internally displaced people are still being abducted by armed groups for forced labour in several territories in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo even as authorities beef up security in IDP camps, officials said.

Refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo at the Falco site, Betou in the Republic of Congo, Nov.

"Peace has no political or religious color. In order for our peace efforts to succeed, we must support them with prayer.

The Catholic community in Isiro, in the Equator Province in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Sunday, January 31, held a procession and a Mass to remember and pray for the victims of Ugandan rebels of the LRA , in solidarity with those who have been wounded, tortured, or kidnapped by rebels, attracting the attention of the public ...

The United Nations Children's Fund has launched an appeal for $1.2 billion to help provide life-saving emergency support to women and children impacted by the most severe humanitarian crises around the world, including the Haitian earthquake.

The Rome Statute creating the ICC was adopted in Italy July 17, 1998. It came into force in July 2002 after ratification by 60 countries.

Washington, Feb 2 : Sharing is a behaviour which kindergarten teachers and day care workers hold up as an ideal to be followed by pupils and patients alike.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to one of his predecessors, U Thant, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, calling the third holder of the United Nations top post as a statesman of "great skill and quiet persistence," who steered the world body safely through a decade of change.

Some 100 people were slaughtered by a notorious Uganda rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last month, the United Nations humanitarian arm has said.

Refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo at the Falco site, Betou in the Republic of Congo, Nov.

Republic of the Congo 145 km NW of KIGALI, Rwanda 840 km W of NAIROBI, Kenya 1605 km ENE of KINSHASA, Dem.

VATICAN CITY, JAN. 29, 2010 .- Here is a translation of the message released today by the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, on the occasion of the 57th World Day of Leprosy Sufferers, which will be observed Sunday, Jan.

Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 29th, 2010 In a few days, in February 2010, Coachwhip Publications will launch Bill Gibbons' new book on the possibility of living dinosaurs in Africa.

Children at one of North Kivu's internally displaced persons camps : UNHCR is worried that more people may be displaced by ongoing government offensives and assaults by armed militia NAIROBI, 27 January 2010 - Insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced thousands of civilians, forcing many to hide in forests or seek shelter ...

The United Nations refugee agency said today it is assisting over 100,000 civilians who have fled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent months due to the ongoing military offensive against Hutu militants and banditry by armed groups.

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo receiving HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani and his accompanying delegation in Brazzaville on Sunday night President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo met HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani and his accompanying ...

A boy with his wooden bike, or chikudu, on in Goma, Congo. Photograph: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Is there anywhere in Africa to rival the mystery and mystique of Congo? Henry Stanley explored there, Joseph Conrad's Mr Kurtz went mad there, and Muhammad Ali fought there.

The UN humanitarian affairs has allocated 16 million U.S. dollars to sustain emergency humanitarian activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , through the Central Emergency Response Fund .

New York, Jan 20 : The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been visiting the war-torn east of the vast country for talks on reinforcing the protection of civilians within the context of a new anti-rebel operation launched by the national army with UN support.