In the last few years alone, there have been reports of wartime sexual violence against men, for example in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, as well as in situations of instability, for example in the 2007-2008 post-election violence in Kenya.
The new funding will support HIV and AIDS prevention in 14 French-speaking countries in West and Central Africa, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
Dressed in black and her hair loose around her face, the actress shared the stories of women she met in Kosovo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, who escaped the brutality of un-checked rape and abuse only to go on to roles as activists for the safety of other women in their communities.
Roberta Alma Anastase, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Justin Koumba, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Congo, and Rajkeswur Purryag, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius, will participate in the opening ceremony.
Countries covered by the new rules in addition to the DRC include South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.
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The situation in the city of Goma, in the east of the Democractic Republic of Congo, where the soldiers were based, is said to be tense.
The chief reason for the deteriorating situation today is the rising demand in Asia and the weak law enforcement against poachers and illegal ivory traders in central African countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, Huijbregts said.
Another study, this time relating to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, found that 23.6% of the men surveyed reported experiencing sexual violence, of which 64.5% were exposed to conflict-related sexual violence.
Cabinda is physically separated from the rest of the country by a strip of the DR Congo and has a northern border with the Republic of Congo.
However, last November, with Mr Kabila installed as president of the renamed Democratic Republic of Congo, the agreement began to fall apart.
He described Union cooperation in Africa, including the deployment of two military operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one in Chad, as well as a naval operation off the coast of Somalia and assistance for the African Union operation and the Transitional Federal Government in the country.
Prosecutors are investigating offenses in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and the Central African Republic.
One of the most geologically enigmatic regions of the continent is found in central Africa, which includes Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, although some progress has been made in the latter two countries, probably because of their currently high level of oil and mineral exploration.
The Security Council, condemning the continuing illicit traffic of weapons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, decided this morning to extend and expand the arms embargo there and its related sanctions regime until 30 November 2010.
Mr. Kony fled northern Uganda in 2005, into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and later, the Central African Republic.
The Council will review the measures set forth in this resolution when appropriate, but no later than 30 November 2010, with a view to adjusting them in light of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular progress in security sector reform and in integrating the armed forces and reforming the national police and disarming, demobilizing, repatriating, resettling and reintegrating Congolese and foreign armed groups.
The members of the Security Council reiterated their demand that all parties to armed conflict immediately cease completely all forms of sexual violence and all human rights abuses against the civilian population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular gender-based violence including rape and other forms of sexual abuse.
The United Nations wants to use drones to enhance the capabilities of peacekeepers monitoring the movement of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
One of this year's most intriguing entries is by Sammy Baloji, who superimposes colonial black and white archive photos of Belgian-run mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo and places them over his color images of the decaying mines as seen today.
Ugandan troops will head a new regional force, made up of troops from South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo, to hunt the rebel fighters, who are holed up in the jungles of the Central African Republic, said Col.
General Description Located in the north-west of the Republic of Congo and about 30 km east of the Gabon border, the Odzala Biosphere Reserve comprises an undulating plateau with the Blue Water Lake Moba and many natural saltpans.
The United Nations has named the Democratic Republic of Congo the "rape capital of the world, " with 15, 000 women raped in eastern Congo last year.
The U.S. also has special operations teams conducting training missions in central Africa, where governments in Uganda, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo are combating the Lord's Resistance Army, a regional Islamist militia.
He labelled the end of the contest in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), which underdog Ali won by knockout in the eighth round to reclaim the world heavyweight crown at the age of 32 - as "the most extraordinary few seconds that I have ever seen in a boxing ring".
It's the name of a CD series that showcases bands in Kinshasa, the capital of The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Why Congo-Brazzaville and not the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
On October 27, 2006, by Executive Order 13413, the President declared a national emergency with respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), ordered related measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing to the conflict in that country.
The Ebola virus was first detected in 1976 in the central African nation of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
The LRA continues to commit atrocities in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and South Sudan that have a disproportionate impact on regional security.
The anecdotal evidence, however, is there for all to see: even tiny village markets in central Africa often sell smoked ape meat, particularly in Congo and the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it is regarded as a delicacy.
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