This Week in the Great Lakes: Congo and UN tango over child soldiers while US preaches engagement
(Read article summary)A holiday season roundup of this week's news from Africa's Great Lakes region: women march in the Congo for more legal action against rapists, Rwandan journalists petition for changes to defamation laws, and Al Shabab remains a threat in Burundi.
Kigali, Rwanda
Since Kenya has declared the Monday after Christmas a normal work day, I thought I'd pitch in and give a roundup colossal enough to take you straight through the New Year.
Congo
Two thousand women from Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Sierra Leone and DRC marched in Rutshuru to demand better legal action against rape perpetrators. The UN's plan to protect villagers who survived mass rapes earlier this year by giving them communications equipment is foiled by the high cost of the equipment, which may make the villagers targets for further violence.
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