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Press release from Medecin sans frontieres 11/03/10

DRC: Thousands of displaced civilians trapped by conflict, wounded unable to reach hospitals in Hauts Plateaux, South Kivu

Article from news.bbc.co.uk 11/03/10

Ex-rebels accused of extortion in DR Congo mines

Article from news.bbc.co.uk 04/03/10

UN plans to end DR Congo peacekeeping mission

Article from news.bbc.co.uk 01/04/10

Human rights groups accuse DR Congo officer of abuse

Article from The Daily Loaf 19/01/10
"Congo/Women": Photos at the Poynter Institute show the shocking plight of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Article from Afrique en Lingue 13/01/10:

UN agency says 100,000 DRC refugees flee to Republic of Congo

Press release from Medecin Sans Frontieres 13/01/10:

Thousands from the DRC who escaped massacre remain unprotected in neighbouring states

Article by Eve Ensler in the Huffington Post 11/01/10:

Ten Radical Acts for Congo in the New Year

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Article published in The Daily Beast 10/04/10

Sexual Violence: Help Haiti's Women