Congo

  • 17 Jun 2011

    International Editor Lindsey Hilsum talks from Libya to Channel 4 News Facebook followers about life on the road, reporting from war zones and how she maintains a fresh supply of silk scarves.

  • 13 Oct 2010

    The endemic sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not an unreported story – but reporting itself cannot make the difference, as Lindsey Hilsum writes of new hope that the perpetrators could be caught.

  • 13 Oct 2010

    A UN official has called the Democratic Republic of Congo “the rape capital of the world” – but there’s renewed momentum to tackle the sexual violence in the country, as Lindsey Hilsum discovers.

  • 1 Oct 2010

    International Editor Lindsey Hilsum on the grim reality of what lies behind today’s report on genocide in the Congo.

  • 1 Oct 2010

    As a report is published detailing atrocities committed by foreign forces in Congo in the 1990s, a Rwandan journalist writing for Channel 4 News hears from a refugee of the conflict.

  • 1 Oct 2010

    As a new UN report into the most appalling atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo is released, Lindsey Hilsum looks into the details of “the worst war in the world”.

  • 16 Sep 2010

    A leaked UN report accuses Rwanda of committing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1990s. Rwandan President Paul Kagame tells Lindsey Hilsum the allegations are “absurd”.

  • 10 Sep 2010

    Channel 4 News has gained access to a pioneering project in eastern Congo where soldiers who freely raped during the country’s civil war are rehabilitated.

  • 9 Sep 2010

    The FCO tells Channel 4 News the Congolese government must act to investigate alleged crimes, after a senior UN official claims to have found evidence of further rapes in Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • 27 Aug 2010

    A UN Official for Human Rights insists a draft UN document accusing Rwanda of genocide in Congo has created “confusion”, insisting the report is “geared towards improving law and order in future”.

  • 27 Aug 2010

    They turned one woman’s children into cannibals, shot her husband and son and then raped her. Here, Chris Jackson writes for Channel 4 News on the tragic stories he’s heard while in the Congo.

  • 26 Aug 2010

    The mass rape of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to be systematic, rather than opportunistic, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum. How can we stop it?

  • 26 Aug 2010

    The mass rape of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to be systematic, rather than opportunistic, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.

  • 24 Aug 2010

    Ban Ki-moon is dispatching the Assistant Secretary General in charge of Peacekeeping to Congo to find out why peacekeepers did not stop the rape of nearly 200 women in one of the most shocking incidents in the 15 year long civil war.

  • 3 Jul 2010

    More than 220 people have died after a fuel tanker lorry exploded in DR Congo. Doctors Without Borders is on the scene co-ordinating a rescue operation for “severely burnt” victims.