Sexual violence is the hallmark of conflict in Eastern Congo. Some women seek medical help for their injuries, but very few go further and demand justice for their attackers'...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 16, 2010) The U.S. captured the Taliban's second-in-command in Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. European nations have given Greece thirty days to make big...

(Congo) A few years ago Link TV presented the wonderful documentary "Jupiter's Dance," about the street music in Kinshasa, Congo. One of the highlights of the film was a band...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: January 8, 2010) Police in Egypt arrested three suspects in the drive-by shootings of six Coptic Christians on Coptic Christmas Eve. In Malaysia, Christian churches...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: December 31, 2009) The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Afghanistan that killed eight Americans who worked for the CIA...

(Al Jazeera English: October 30, 2009) Supporters of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya cheer a deal which paves way for Zelaya's reinstatement. Also, clashes continue between rival ethnic groups in...

(Al Jazeera English: October 22, 2009) This special report looks at the epidemic of rape and sexual crimes and their horrific aftermath in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a troubled...

(Al Jazeera English: October 16, 2009) The UN Human Rights Council has endorsed the Goldstone Report, which accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during the fighting in Gaza...

This episode of The United Nations - 21st Century highlights the struggles of women battling sexual assault in the Congo; oil drilling in Ecuador; and the plight of 100,000 Bhutanese...

The idea is to enable the forest's inhabitants - the Pygmies - to use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to communicate with logging companies. Over nine thousand Mbendjele Pygmies...

William Foote, Founder and President of Root Capital, began his career as a financial analyst in the Latin American Corporate Finance group at Lehman Brothers and as a journalist in...

(Congo) Here's another installment of Congotronics, the amazing music that is being made in the suburbs of Kinshasa. The musicians are generally from rural areas, displaced for one reason or...

(Congo) Here's a fascinating video that presents exciting musical developments in the Congo.  On the streets of Kinshasa, musicians who have moved from the bush to the city play the...

(Congo) Kanza is a polished musician, who has studied music formally at the University of Kinshasa.  When he moved to Paris in 1984, he immediately found work with his arranging...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is recovering from a period of conflict which claimed the lives of millions of people. While many focus on the human tragedy, the country's wealth...