Stories about D.R. of Congo from August, 2005
D.R. of Congo: Girls in armies
Congo Girl picks up on a Save the Children report that 12,500 girls are currently involved with both government and non-government troops in the D.R. of Congo, but are seen...
D.R. of Congo: Textile crazy
007 in Africa collects brightly printed local textiles, while Congo Girl seems to specialise in cloth with a Catholic theme.
D.R. of Congo: Deaths and rapes
Eugene at Coalition for Darfur points to a news item from Xinhua saying that 2,500 were killed and 1,500 raped in the D.R. of Congo in the first half of...
The BBC sponsors African blogs
The BBC has a long tradition of encouraging readers and listeners of their Africa service to talk about their views of the continent, running features like “Why I Love Africa”,...
DR Congo: Human rights activist murdered in DRC
Black Looks reports that Congolese human rights activist Pascal Kabungulu was murdered this weekend.