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The time for justice is now: New strategy needed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Crimes under international law, including rape and murder, continue to be committed by the Congolese army and armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following decades of similar crimes across the country, Amnesty International said today.

Reporters Without Borders and Journalist in Danger (JED), its partner organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, wrote today to the provincial minister responsible for information and media in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu to express their complete rejection of his decision to suspend Mishapi Voice TV radio host Jacques "Djasadjasa" Nyamugenda until further notice.

KINSHASA – Peace already fragile will be menaced if there is no urgent action is taken. The Bill Clinton Foundation For Peace BCFP protests strongly against the brutality and the used of a real bullots by the Congolese National Police on 5th July 2011 against the UDPS members unarmed who were manifested for free and fair election on November 2011.UDPS a Congolese main opposition political party created during the regime of the late President Joseph Mobutu.

Efforts to end the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, show further signs of slowing, at a time when they are urgently needed. While LRA violence is increasing in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the group’s leader Joseph Kony and the majority of his fighters are now in Congo likely regrouping and reorganizing, efforts to apprehend the LRA senior leadership, protect civilians, and promote the defection of its fighters continue to falter.

KINSHASA – About 3,000 children are still in prison across the Democratic Republic of Congo, two years after the country brought in a child protection law to keep children out of adult jails.

On 31 May/1 June the African Union Commission and the European Commission are convening in Brussels for their annual College-to-College meeting, in the context of the Joint Africa-EU Partnership. The plenary session on 1 June will focus on consolidating democracy, including developments in Northern Africa, and consolidating growth. Thematic sessions will also allow for exchanges of view on political, social, environmental and economic matters. The two colleges will adopt a joint declaration.

With the handing over from the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) early in March, the Democratic Republic of Congo has entered a decisive phase leading up to the new electoral cycle starting in 2011. This new cycle ought to consolidate the democratisation of the country and of the institutions of the Third Republic.

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U.S. Strategy To Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.