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48 Women Raped Every Hour In Congo, Study Finds

The African nation of Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a woman. A new study released Wednesday shows that it's even worse than previously thought: 1,152 women are raped every day, a rate equal to 48 per hour.

Aircraft crashes after crocodile on board escapes and sparks panic

A small airliner crashed into a house, killing a British pilot and 19 others after a crocodile smuggled into the aircraft in a sports bag escaped and started a panic.

Rwandan Rebels Raped at Least 150 Women in Congo, Humanitarian Officials Say

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — A mob of Rwandan rebels gang-raped at least 150 women last month during a weekend raid on a community of villages in eastern Congo, United Nations and other humanitarian officials said Sunday.

Hillary Clinton snaps on student: "My husband is not secretary of state, I am"

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed a rare flash of public anger yesterday during her trip to Africa when a student asked for her husband's views, putting him in his place by saying she is the US's top diplomat.

Hillary Clinton demands end to sexual violence in Congo

GOMA, Congo — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday demanded an end to the rampant sexual violence that has engulfed war-ravaged eastern Congo.

Hillary Clinton to push Congo, UN on atrocities on women

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday she would press Democratic Republic of Congo's government to address the root causes of the conflict in the east and stop the use of women as "weapons of war".

 
Rwanda seizes rebel leader accused of war crimes in Congo

Rwanda has arrested the renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda in a dramatic reversal of its support for the warlord accused of triggering a wave of killings and attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year that drove hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.