Cathy Newman
The UK’s fight against sexual violence must not falter
William Hague was at the forefront of battling sexual violence against women – but a change of jobs should not be allowed to scupper the campaign.
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Diamonds, desperation and child soldiers in the DRC
Security has all but collapsed. Millions are in desperate need of aid and there are constant outbreaks of fighting as the President tries to cling to power. This is the Democratic Republic of Congo, where countless children are caught up in this cycle of political turmoil and violence. Jackie Long has travelled across Kasai, from…
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Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda faces war crime charges
The former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda pleads not guilty to 18 charges of war crimes at the International Criminal Court today.
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Cathy Newman
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The deadly spread of Ebola – clickable map
The first Briton to get Ebola is flown into London for treatment, as the death toll rises to 1,427 people. Channel 4 News speaks to the man who discovered Ebola and charts the spread of the disease.
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Bloody battle to save Congo elephants from ivory poachers
As a conference on wildlife trafficking opens in London, Congo conservationists claim Chinese in the country are boosting the supply of AK47 bullets to poor communities to encourage elephant poaching.
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Cathy Newman
Dr Jo Lusi: healing the wounds of men’s inhumanity to women
Dr Jo Lusi believes his mission – to rescue Congolese women from the rapists, repair their hideous wounds, and reconstruct a society savaged by war – is a cause worth dying for.
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Jonathan Miller
A Season in the Congo: Lumumba’s rise makes electric theatre
The play A Season in the Congo, which has opened in London, is suffused with the light of Congolese creativity. Jonathan Miller went to see it – and recommends some other literary greats in the process.
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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.
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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.
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Warzone rape: Hague and Jolie visit refugee camps
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
