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Capturing the conflict in Congo
Posted by The.IRC on January 26th, 2010
The IRC's Peter Biro tells CNN about the people and conditions he encountered on his most recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Inside Africa. more »
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Pakistan: Aiding thousands who fled fighting in South Waziristan
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 23rd, 2009
More than two months after the Pakistani military launched an offensive in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, only now are the IRC and other humanitarian aid organizations gaining access to the estimated 430,000 people who have fled the fighting. more »
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Eastern Congo: 'We are forced to flee every two months'
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 23rd, 2009
Storm clouds are gathering and the wind is tugging at the plastic sheeting covering the hundreds of makeshift shelters that make up the Mungote camp in Congo’s troubled North Kivu province. Over 30,000 people live here, unable to work and with little access to food. more »
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"In Congo, it's more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier."
Posted by The.IRC on December 17th, 2009
Sexual attacks are deliberate acts of war and terror, says Sarah Spencer, the IRC's emergency gender-based violence coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Women are raped repeatedly, and brutally." more »
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Congo: 'Rape is a combat strategy'
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 11th, 2009
Rape is not just a by-product of the conflict in Congo; it is a combat strategy systematically used to terrorize and humiliate and it cannot be tolerated to achieve a larger military goal. more »
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Pakistan: Mukhtar Mai - 'School for girls, not marriage' [16 Days]
Posted by The.IRC on December 10th, 2009
A Pakistani woman named Mukhtar Mai made news around the world in 2002 when she took a group of men to court after they raped her in what they called “honor revenge” against her family because of something Mai’s brother had done. more »
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"We are forced to flee every two months": IRC in HuffPost
Posted by The.IRC on December 7th, 2009
On Dec 5, The Huffington Post published an article by the IRC's Peter Biro describing the miserable situation for people uprooted by armed clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most volatile areas in Africa. more »
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How gold pays for Congo's deadly war - 60 Minutes [Video]
Posted by The.IRC on November 30th, 2009
The IRC is a lifeline to millions of people in Congo's violence-torn villages. This past summer, CBS' 60 Minutes traveled with the IRC to remote camps in North Kivu that shelter thousands of people displaced by recent fighting. more »
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TONIGHT: Congo and the IRC on 60 Minutes
Posted by The.IRC on November 29th, 2009
60 Minutes recently traveled with the IRC to camps in North Kivu that shelter thousands of people displaced by fighting. With IRC’s help, the TV crew took a close look at the humanitarian crisis and the root causes of Congo’s chronic violence. more »
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Eastern Congo: “Women are afraid that they could be raped any night here”
Posted by Peter.Biro on November 26th, 2009
Julie, a middle-aged woman in a small village in Congo’s North Kivu province, had just blown out the kerosene lamp and was lying in bed next to her husband when suddenly the stillness of the night was pierced by enraged shouts and the sound of a door being kicked open. more »
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