The number of women raped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence committed by warring factions has reached endemic proportions, topped 8,000 last year, according to fresh estimates released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today.
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Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 8,000 Women Raped Last Year by Combatants in Eastern Region - UN
The reign of Libya’s Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman of the African Union has ended in a petulant whimper rather than in a big bang for African unity as the Colonel had promised. He flounced out of the AU summit in Addis Ababa on 1 February after failing to cajole his fellow leaders into giving him a second, unconstitutional term as Chairman. Offers of oil largesse to his usual supporters and then attempts to split the votes of a rival candidate all ran into the ground
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Africa: Behind the Scenes of Gadaffi’s Failed Bid for a Second Term as AU Chairman