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Campaign takes internet by storm to raise awareness about Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army leader, who has forced 66,000 children into becoming soldiers.

Fifteen-year-old boy suffered 130 injuries before drowning in attempted exorcism by sister and her boyfriend.

Brutal murder gives glimpse into the world of witchcraft and superstition

Hundreds of Congolese people took to the streets of London to on Wednesday in protest at the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the apparent lack of interest from the Western world.

Joseph Kabila Kabange has been re-elected President of the Democratic Republic of Congo with 48 per cent of votes, according to the electoral commission. The main opposition candidate, Etienne Tshisekedi, achieved 32 per cent of votes.

Pope Benedict XVI could end up at the Hague after human rights lawyers and victims of clergy sexual abuse filed a complaint Tuesday calling for the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate and prosecute the catholic cleric along with three other top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity and covering up and condoning the rape and sexual assault of children by priests.

More than sixty people are believed to have died in a plane crash at Kisangani international airport in Democratic Republic of Congo.

With strict sanctions imposed against the country, most of his assets frozen and many of his top government officials defecting, how does Gaddafi still manage to hang on to power?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished and is complementary to national criminal jurisdictions.It was set up in the wake of genocide in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and created in 2002 by the Rome Statute Treaty.While the court is widely understood to be a great international achievement, it has also been cri...

Shares in Eurasian Natural Resources were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the mining company reported a doubling of post-tax profit in the full year 2010.

Shares in BP were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the energy giant said it would be selling off fuels marketing businesses in five southern African countries.

Shares in Eurasian Natural Resources were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the miner reported a rise in pre-tax profit for the first half of 2010.

Shares in Randgold Resources fell on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading, despite the mining firm reporting a rise in quarterly and half year profit today.