washingtonpost.com - Central AfricaCentral AfricaU.N. Says Its Workers Abuse Women in Congo- May 8, 2005 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 26 -- Sexual exploitation of women and girls by U.N. peacekeepers and bureaucrats in the U.N. mission in Congo "appears to be significant, wide-spread and ongoing," according to a confidential U.N. report that documents cases of pedophilia, prostitution and rape.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15363-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_world/africa/c... U.N. Sexual Abuse Alleged in Congo- May 8, 2005 The 34-page draft report, which was obtained by The Washington Post, accuses U.N. peacekeepers from Morocco, Pakistan and Nepal of seeking to obstruct U.N. efforts to investigate a sexual abuse scandal.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3145-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/ce... Central African Republic Holds Vote; Turnout Appears High- May 8, 2005 BANGUI, Central African Republic, March 13 -- Voters in the Central African Republic turned out in large numbers on Sunday for presidential and parliamentary elections after two years of military rule in their diamond-rich but impoverished country.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32032-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_world/africa/c... In Congo, Peace Eludes Its U.N. Keepers- May 8, 2005 United Nations' largest and most expensive mission is regarded as the most troubled, faulted for failing to safeguard victims in attack after attack despite being authorized to use all necessary means to do so.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5388-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_world/africa/ce... Swing Keeps U.N. Post for Now- May 8, 2005 UNITED NATIONS, March 4 -- William Lacy Swing, the top U.N. representative in Congo, will remain in his job to help usher the country through a delicate political transition in the face of growing violence, but U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday that he will begin searching for Swing's replacement once the situation becomes more stable.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8792-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_world/africa/cen... Congo, Rwanda at Brink of War- May 8, 2005 After two years of fragile peace, one of Africa's most volatile regions -- the border area of Rwanda and Congo -- has been pushed back to the brink of war with Rwandan soldiers reportedly staging raids in eastern Congo and Congolese militias clashing separately with each other.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3144-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_world/africa/ce... Bangladeshi Peacekeepers Ambushed In Congo- May 8, 2005 Gunmen killed nine U.N. Bangladeshi peacekeeping troops Friday in an ambush in northeastern Congo, the deadliest assault on the six-year-old mission trying to shepherd the nation out of the chaos of a civil war that killed 3 million people.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53333-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_world/africa/c... More U.N. Troops Proposed For Congo- May 8, 2005 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday proposed expanding the peacekeeping force in Congo from 10,800 to nearly 24,000 troops, making it the largest and costliest U.N. mission in the world.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6473-2004Aug16.html?nav=rss_world/africa/ce... |