Sentences with phrase «violence in the democratic republic»

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A senior cleric from the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused the West of deliberately ignoring the extreme violence in the country.

It said the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo remain «incredibly vulnerable» due to political unrest and worsening violence, while Boko Haram remain a major source of concern in Nigeria.

The research, carried out in countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mexico, and Rwanda, also found that men with more equitable attitudes were significantly more likely to participate in household tasks and less likely to use violence against a partner.

The presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 28 November promise violence, demonstrate international failure and offer no perspective of change

Margot Wallstrom, the United Nation's special representative on sexual violence in conflict, referred to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as «the rape capital of the world».

All aid to Rwanda is to be halted immediately amid controversy over the east African state's involvement in violence in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Many families have settled there in recent years after fleeing violence in African nations like Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, drawn by family ties and the work of a nonprofit group that has resettled families there for decades, the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees.

Although international attention has focused primarily on extreme cases of sexual abuse by combatants, such as targeted mass rapes during the Rwandan genocide and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers on gender - based violence are revealing a much wider scope of abuses, perpetrators and victims.

The UNs refugee agency UNHCR says it is alarmed by an escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

«Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo,»

«Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo,» American Journal of Public Health101 (6).

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, scene of the deadliest conflict since World War II, remains mired in violence in significant part because of the international demand for electronic products that requires minerals found in the eastern Congo.

Initial company reports submitted under a landmark U.S. law that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are disappointing, warns Global Witness.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, scene of the deadliest conflict since World War II, remains mired in violence in significant part because of the international demand for electronic products that requires minerals found in the