Posts Tagged ‘fresh-estimates’

Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 8,000 Women Raped Last Year by Combatants in Eastern Region - UN

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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

Sudan: ICC Dismisses Charges against Darfurian Rebel Leader for Lack of Evidence

Monday, February 8th, 2010

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today declined to confirm the charges made against a rebel leader accused of directing the September 2007 attack that killed a dozen African Union peacekeepers in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, citing a lack of evidence.

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Sudan: ICC Dismisses Charges against Darfurian Rebel Leader for Lack of Evidence