1.0 link 116555 <![CDATA[Witness to Rape in Congo: "What is the Future When the Heart of the Community is Broken?"]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/witness-to-rape-in-congo_b_116555.html 2008-08-03-DSC_0303_war.jpg

Image: Kivu 2007 © G. Nienaber

On August 1, the BBC reported very troubling news that Congolese government forces and rebel troops in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are rearming in spite of a January peace agreement. A source reported to the BBC that "six plane-loads of arms and ammunition" had been flown into Goma by the Joseph Kabila government in the last 10 days. Congolese Defense minister, Chikez Diemu, would neither confirm nor deny the...

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