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article 14 May 2013 Congo
Angelina Jolie (Getty)
Cathy Newman by Cathy Newman Why I admire Angelina for taking on the taboos

Channel 4 News accompanied Angelina Jolie on a mission to Congo earlier this year. The actress made the gruelling trip despite undergoing major surgery, writes Cathy Newman.

article 29 March 2013 World, Congo
UN troops in a special brigade will go on the offensive against rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (picture: Getty)
Unprecedented UN force to battle Congolese rebels

The UN authorises an unprecedented military unit to fight rebel groups, alone or with the Congolese army, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

video 27 March 2013 World, Congo

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Warzone rape: Hague and Jolie visit refugee camps - video

William Hague and Angelina Jolie travel to refugee camps in the heart of Africa as part of a campaign to end what's been called the monstrosity of our age - warzone rape. Cathy Newman reports.

article 27 March 2013 World, Congo
Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to reporters in Kinshasa (Getty)
Cathy Newman by Cathy Newman Warzone rape: a plea to the president of Congo

Visiting Congo with film star Angelina Jolie, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague goes to Kinshasa to lobby President Kabila to back their campaign against warzone rape.

article 26 March 2013 World, Congo
Cathy Newman writes from the DR Congo after meeting the doctors who treat the battered and bleeding victims of warzone rape.
Cathy Newman by Cathy Newman Repairing the appalling injuries of warzone rape

Cathy Newman writes from the DR Congo after meeting the doctors who treat the "battered and bleeding" victims of warzone rape.

article 26 March 2013 World, Congo
Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda appears for the first time on Tuesday at the ICC to be told of the breathtaking array of charges against him, writes Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller.
Jonathan Miller by Jonathan Miller Judgement day coming for Congo's 'Terminator'

Appearing for the first time at the ICC, renegade Congolese General Bosco Ntaganda was informed of the breathtaking array of charges against him, writes Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller.

article 25 March 2013 World, Congo
United Nations armoured personnel carriers drive towards a UN base in Monigi, 5kms from Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Getty)
Cathy Newman by Cathy Newman The challenge of ending warzone rape

Foreign Secretary William Hague and film star turned UN envoy Angelina Jolie have jointly launched a campaign to end warzone rape but, as Cathy Newman writes, there are many obstacles in the way.

article 25 March 2013 World, Rwanda
Angelina Jolie and William Hague have embarked on a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to fight rape as a weapon of war (picture: Reuters)
Cathy Newman by Cathy Newman Warzone rape: Angelina Jolie and William Hague fly to Africa

Angelina Jolie and William Hague fly into the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of their battle against the use of rape as a weapon of war.

article 18 March 2013 World, Rwanda
Bosco Ntaganda, who has been wanted by the ICC for six years, hands himself in in Rwanda (picture: Reuters)
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda hands himself in

Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", hands himself into the US Embassy in the Rwandan capital.

post 30 November 2012
News Read more on FactCheck with Cathy Newman FactCheck Q&A: The shady regimes that still get UK aid

Rwanda will see its aid budget reduced amid allegations it is helping rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Who else gets our money - and are their hands clean?

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