By Chris McGreal in Washington

The head of the US war crimes office has warned Rwanda's leaders, including President Paul Kagame, that they could face prosecution at the international criminal court for arming groups responsible for atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A mutiny in Congo's national army has caused an upsurge in fighting near the country's border with Rwanda since April. Former rebels led by General Bosco Ntaganda, who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, have left their unit and restarted their insurgency.

By Nathalie Thomas

The company, which is pursuing a £50bn-plus merger with Xstrata, is also alleged to have dumped raw acid into a river at another site in the African country.
International law prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from mining but children were found going down shafts 150ft deep at the Tilwezembe copper mine, owned by Glencore.

By Mike Pflanz, Nairobi

United Nations helicopter gunships this week opened fire to halt a rebel advance in Congo's east and UN tanks were on Friday patrolling key towns as tensions continued to rise.

Mwangaza International is an international non-profit that seeks to help the hurting in the Democratic Republic of Congo in various ways. In the DR of Congo, there has been much war, death, ethnic cleansing, and abuse there over the last 2 decades, and the DRC is one of the poorest countries in the world. Please go to our website for more information. http://www.mwangazaint.com

La Journée de l'enfant africain commémore la marche de 1976 à Soweto, en Afrique du Sud, lorsque des milliers d'élèves africains sont descendus dans la rue pour protester contre la mauvaise qualité de leur éducation et exiger que soit respecté leur droit à recevoir un enseignement dans leur propre langue.

16 June 2012 -- In 1976, thousands of black school children took to the streets of Soweto, South Africa. In a march more than half a mile long, they protested the inferior quality of their education and demanded their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down by security forces.

    Traveling through the streets of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks as some of the most intense and uncomfortable moments in my life. When one thinks of traveling in an automobile, it is difficult not to interpret this through a western lens, where vehicles traverse across well managed, paved highways in relatively comfortable conditions.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been going through war for several years. The war started in the eastern side of Congo in the provinces of Sud Kivu, Nord Kivu, Province Orientale and Maniema. The war was devastating for the population especially for women.

Mental Health Issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)
by Sheila A. Hart