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Category - Democratic Republic of Congo

2 Jan 2012

UN report calls for action to clean up Congo’s trade in conflict diamonds

Governments and companies must redouble their efforts to implement international supply chain control standards aimed at ending the trade in conflict minerals, a new UN report suggests.
19 Nov 2011

Call on vulture fund to drop illegal Congo debt demands

The Jubilee Debt Campaign has called on vulture fund FG Hemisphere to drop its multimillion debt claim against the Democratic Republic of Congo.
10 Jan 2011

UN envoy urges DR Congo authorities to probe allegations of mass rapes

The UN envoy dealing with sexual violence in conflict has called on the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to investigate rapes in South Kivu.
18 Nov 2010

Democratic Republic of Congo gets $7.4 billion of debt cancelled

Rich countries meeting in the Paris Club group of creditors have expressed concern at the continuing activities of so-called 'vulture funds'.
4 Nov 2010

Vulture Fund dodges UK debt relief law in Jersey court

Campaigners have today condemned a $100 million judgement in favour of US vulture fund FG Hemisphere made in a Jersey court.
2 Aug 2010

Rights groups call for Congo action on extrajudicial killing

Congo must bring to justice those responsible for the murder of a human rights defender five years ago, Amnesty and the Minority Rights Group have said.
30 Jun 2010

Small steps to celebration in DRC

Today marks the 50th anniversary of independence for the Democratic Republic of Congo. At 4am this morning I caught a snippet of the BBC's Martin Plaut asking Congolese people in Kinshasa what there was to celebrate. Not a lot, came the reply. With crumbling infrastructure, continued border conflict, systematic rape of women and girls, and loose trade regulations on the extractives sector - there doesn't seem a lot for the population of DRC to feel good about.
6 Jun 2010

Churches seek action on worsening human rights situation in Congo

The World Council of Churches is working with partners in Congo to resist the increased oppression of human rights defenders, following the death of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire.
3 Jun 2010

Congo called upon to investigate death of leading human rights activist

Amnesty has called upon the Congolese government to launch a thorough independent investigation into the death of one of the country’s leading human rights activists.
1 Jun 2010

Telling the stories from Bradford to Bukavu

I’ve just spent a week in the diocese of Bukavu in Sud-Kivu where the Interahamwe continue to rape and raid. On Wednesday I visited Mwanda, an hour’s drive from Bukavu town. Just days before, rebel troops had attacked a nearby village, taking the community’s food and animals, leaving one man badly injured.

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