Abuses keep Central Africa on conflict&#39;s edge: UN rights chief
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UN human rights chief Louise Arbour warned Monday that unpunished human rights violations -- including &quot;pandemic&quot; sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- are keeping central Africa on the brink of another major conflict.
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Top United Nations human rights official  Louise Arbour called on Tuesday for investigation of alleged  abuses in Falluja, Iraq, including disproportionate use of  force and the targeting of civilians.
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The United Nations sees a &quot;real danger&quot; of a new war between Hutus and Tutsis in central Africa and is appealing to leaders in Burundi, Congo and Rwanda to deal with extremists and return to the path of reconciliation, its under-secretary general Jean
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The United Nations is investigating  reports that Rwandan soldiers carried out human rights abuses  against civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo last month, a  spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United Nations' Canadian human rights chief urged the Security Council on Wednesday to immediately refer abuses in Sudan's Darfur region to the International Criminal Court.
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Children are still being  abducted, killed, raped and pressed into warfare as soldiers by  armed groups in Sudan -- including the country's army --  despite peace deals in the south and west, the United Nations  reported on Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- A senior UN official yesterday called sexual abuse a ``cancer" in the Democratic Republic of Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.
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The United Nations is investigating reports that Rwandan soldiers carried out human rights abuses against civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo last month, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations Security Council to take substantive action against what it claims are ongoing rights violations in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.
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UN chief Kofi Annan, alarmed by reports of mass rapes and other &quot;gross violations of human rights,&quot; expressed deep concern about the worsening security situation in Sudan's Darfur region and its impact on neighboring countries.
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United Nations head Kofi Annan has urged the Security Council to take &quot;prompt action&quot; to stop intensifying violence in the Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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The Central African Republic is veering toward disaster, a senior United Nations official said Tuesday, a day after rebels captured a northern town and said they were headed to the country's southern capital.
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Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday there are strong indications of war crimes &#39;&#39;on a large and systematic scale&quot; in Sudan&#39;s
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Children in Sudan are still being recruited to fight and suffer a wide range of abuse from killings and abductions to rape and sexual violence, especially in Darfur, according to a new U.N. report.
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NAIROBI, Sept. 8 -- The prevalence and intensity of sexual violence against women in eastern Congo are "almost unimaginable," the top U.N. humanitarian official said Sunday after visiting the country's most fragile region, where militias groups have preyed on the civilian population for years.
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Atrocities are occurring daily in Sudan's Darfur region and rape and pillage directed against civilians are at "a horrific level," United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Wednesday.
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Atrocities are occurring daily in  Sudan's Darfur region and rape and pillage directed against  civilians are at "a horrific level," United Nations High  Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Wednesday.