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Continuing clashes between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have forced civilians to abandon their homes in North Kivu and affected aid operations, a UN official said.
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Women victims of mass rape during an attempted escape from at a prison in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, have spoken to IWPR of the incident, which provoked concern from the United Nations and human rights campaigners.
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The United Nations is helping to restructure the prison system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , on the heels of the rapes of nearly two dozen female inmates during an attempted prison break earlier this week in the country’s far east.
Young female recruits were frequently raped by commanders in Thomas Lubanga’s militia, a former soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots, UPC, told the court this week.
Twenty female detainees in the central prison in Goma, a large town in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo , were raped during a recent riot, officials have said.
Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo Libre et Souverain , a militia faction formerly aligned to the Mai-Mai fighters of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is said to joined forces with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda also known as ex-FAR / Interahamwe.
Rebel activity in parts of eastern and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced the postponement of secondary school leaving exams for hundreds of children, officials have said.