Feature stories
Fighting impunity: addressing sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
 It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon. She approached me when I was about to take a picture in the centre of Goma, the old run-down town on the northern shores of Lake Kivu. A beautiful girl in her late teens, timidly holding out her hand for a few Congolese francs. Panicky glances, a timorous encounter. Her nose had been cut off, but it is the despair and incomprehension in her eyes that still haunt me. Read more...
Peacebuilding in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In 2008, UNDP supported a conflict analysis exercise in North Kivu, whose main findings were presented to the provincial authorities, civil society organisations and the international community in Goma in April 2009. Read more....
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 Voices
From Countries in Crisis
Liberia - Maria-Therese Keating, Deputy Resident Representative in UNDP Liberia, discusses efforts to address sexual and gender-based violence in the country (streaming audio or mp3)
Comoros - Opia Mensah Kumah, UNDP Resident Representative, discusses UNDP's disaster risk reduction efforts in Comoros (streaming audio or mp3)
Ghana - Ozonnia Ojielo, Senior Peace and Development Advisor discusses national efforts to consolidate peace in Ghana ( mp3)
Ghana - Ozonnia Ojielo, Senior Peace and Development Advisor discusses community justice mechanisms in Ghana (mp3)
Laying the Groundwork for Peace in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2008 - Valeria Izzi, Programme Specialist, Conflict Prevention, discusses her experience consulting with local stakeholders in Eastern DRC (streaming audio or mp3)
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