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24 June 2014 – With women and girls in Central African Republic (CAR) falling prey to a raft of “terrifyi
UN, African officials urge efforts to advance peace and stability in CAR
Time is a luxury and those without money, safety and security don't have it.
Cheers broke out in the National Assembly building here on Monday as representatives chose the mayor of this beleague
A militia group has killed 27 Muslims in a village in the Central African Republic, the United Nations said on Friday
The top United Nations human rights official warned today that the deteriorating violence in the Central African Repu
An excerpt from the Amnesty International report, "CAR: Human rights crisis spiralling out of control":
Tomorrow morning (Friday, 11 January), the Council will be briefed by Margaret Vogt, the Secretary-General's Special
On Monday, a victim recounted to International Criminal Court (ICC) judges how she was sexually assaulted in front of
Thousands of women and girls who have been abducted by armed groups, enslaved and repeatedly raped during conflicts a
An old woman had died.
Violations of human rights are on the increase in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR), with aid workers expre
An expert in the use of rape as a tool of war today said Congolese soldiers raped Central African women as “pun
In his second day of testimony, an expert on rape as a tool of war today described to the Jean-Pierre Bemba trial the
Attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) have created a complex sit
A prosecution witness today recounted how she, her four children, and her husband were subjected to multiple rapes by
Ugandan rebels of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) headed by Joseph Kony attacked two villages in the south of the Ce
November 22nd of last year marked the beginning of the ongoing International Criminal Court trial of former Congolese
A defense lawyer in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba today stated that there were several militia groups that committed
The prosecution of Jean-Pierre Bemba, which resumes Jan.
It was systematic rape to assert dominance and shatter resistance.
On Christmas Eve 2008 and over the following three weeks, 865 women, men and children were savagely beaten to death a
General elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) next year will be a crucial step towards restoring stability
With the United Nations mission in Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) wrapping up by the end of the year, Secret
The second week of the war crimes trial of former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba has seen an expert on ge
Judges today directed parties in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba to exercise greater caution when questioning rape vic
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been operational since 2002, yet victims of war crimes, crimes against hum
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced deep c
The culture of impunity, atrocities and violence against civilians and the plundering of natural resources in the Dem
The wires have been hot this week with reports of a slow-moving mass rape crusade in Walikale, Congo.
Obama earlier this week signed the most widely co-sponsored Africa-specific law in U.S. history.
Gender activists from East and Southern Africa have expressed shock at the backward trends in the 50/50 campaign in r