http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/180/ en_GB_uk Congo (Democratic Republic of) http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85940 Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, according to an international rights group.+ UN peacekeeping chief calls for probe into killings by armed forces http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163840/1/ Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Sierra Leone Chad, and Ethiopia score worst in a Global Hunger Index, which links the problem to gender inequalities. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85862 The Congolese government’s military operation in eastern Congo, backed by UN peacekeepers and aimed at neutralising the threat from a Rwandan Hutu militia group, has resulted in an unacceptable cost for the civilian population, says an NGO coalition. + Congolese government should push companies to be more rigorous http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85709 A community in north-eastern Congo is living in constant fear of attacks from a Ugandan rebel group, the head of the UN Children's Fund warned yesterday. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163509/1/ The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been urged to release human rights activist Golden Misabiko without delay ahead of a court hearing due to take place on Wednesday. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163330/1/ European and Asian companies have been buying minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo that are funding armed groups and fuelling conflict, says a report published today. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85417 Women and girls in eastern Congo fear soldiers meant to protect them as much as they do other fighters involved in the conflict, according to a new community-based study. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163097/1/ Africa has entered a new stage – of state-making, French academic Gerard Prunier told a meeting in London last week. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85279 Artists, writers, musicians and human rights activists will be showing their solidarity with the people of Congo under the banner of Congo Now! on 7 May at London’s South Bank Centre. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85260 Atrocities are being committed against villagers in remote areas of Eastern Congo, where fighting between the Congolese army and the FDLR rebel group continues, said an international development agency. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85171 The humanitarian crisis in DR Congo is as severe as it was in late 2008, an international agency said today as it announced that it was scaling up its emergency response to reach an additional 150,000 displaced people. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162244/1/ Mobile phone manufacturers must audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict and atrocities in eastern Congo, say activists as the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84900 Protecting civilians must be a top priority of the joint Congolese and Rwandan military operation in eastern Congo, a coalition of 100 humanitarian and human rights organisations said as a top UN official arrived in Goma, the North Kivu capital. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84893 Médecins Sans Frontières denounces UN peacekeepers for inaction in protecting the population of an area of northern Congo against the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162126/1/ Mountain gorilla numbers in Congo's Virunga National Park have increased, despite the war in and around the area, according to the first count to take place for over a year.