UK asks for aid for the Congo

UPDATE: 8:35PM PSTThe UN is going to send a supply of food and aid into the Congo." The convoy is to leave the city of Goma and move into territory controlled by renegade Gen Laurent Nkunda's forces. " The UK has...

War Child: Ending Recruitment of Children

"A foreign ministry official said: "For the first time, countries are solemnly committing to apply and respect these principles to combat the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts."   The...

ICC to rule on child soldier trial

"The International Criminal Court is to decide on Monday if there is enough evidence to try a Congolese militiaman for using child soldiers, in what would be court's first trial. Prosecutors say Thomas Lubanga trained children to kill, and let them be killed, throughout an...

Congo headed for another crisis...

"Flaws in army reform could lead the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into greater internal conflict or a return to civil war, according to a report by Amnesty International. Corruption, the misuse of funds and delays to the programmes that reintegrate fighters into...

Prof helps prep famous fossil Lucy for trip to U.S.

Vicki Cassman, assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies in UD's art conservation department, has been selected to join conservators Nancy Odegaard and Ronald Harvey in Ethiopia to document and...

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