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Each bullet, assault rifle, mortar, rocket or other item of military hardware she documents forms a piece of a huge jigsaw being created by the UK-based NGO Conflict Armaments Research (CAR) to map the precise flows of conflict weaponry in Africa.

A mass trial of 39 soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended with two convicted of rape and 13 others cleared.

Press Availability

John Kerry
Secretary of State

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 4, 2014

By MICHAEL R. GORDON

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday publicly urged the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo to respect his nation’s Constitution and not run for another term in 2016.

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Special Briefing

Russell D. Feingold
Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 4, 2014

Remarks

John Kerry
Secretary of State

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 4, 2014

News and views from areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Uganda.

24 April 2014 – Despite unprecedented political momentum to fight rape in war zones, sexual violence remains a global crime affecting women, men and children in more than 20 countries, a senior United Nations official announced today urging greater action at the regional and national levels.

23 April 2014 – The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will provide technical and logistical support for upcoming elections, the top UN official in the country today confirmed, stressing that the planning for the polls must be well organized and well-funded.