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Africa News Tonight: UN council calls for probe of DRC conflict, Sudanese refugees face sexual abuse, governments coping with US aid freeze


Africa News Tonight: UN council calls for probe of DRC conflict, Sudanese refugees face sexual abuse, governments coping with US aid freeze
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At a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, members called for an independent fact-finding mission to investigate serious human rights violations and abuses committed in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Aid groups say sexual violence is a constant threat for women inside Sudan’s embattled region of Darfur, but refugees VOA spoke with also say it’s a problem for those who have fled the region. African governments gear up for what is to come following the 90-day pause in U.S. foreign aid as they worry about the potential effects.

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