When the fighting against the Congolese rebels tailed off six months ago, Premier Moise Tshombe knew the war was not fully won. His troops had never dared attack the Simbas’ mountain redoubt of Fizi, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper analyses the role of cattle in the entwined dynamics of conflict and violence in the Fizi and Itombwe region of South Kivu province ...

The DR Congo conflict has become notorious for the sexual abuse of women and girls Aid workers are investigating reports that at least 60 women have been raped near the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

The DR Congo conflict has become notorious for the sexual abuse of women and girls The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape campaign by gunmen in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has ...

One of the victims has identified the military commander in the area of directing the violence An army commander in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been accused of leading the recent mass ...

An army commander in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been accused of leading the recent mass rape of at least 50 women. One of the victims, as well as sources quoted in a UN report, all ...