In the news

Some links to news about the Congo from August through December -- a catch-up news roundup.

• Shades of Congo's troubled past appear (NPR)
• Rare gorilla found shot in park (VoA)
• Congo struggling to stay in one piece (New Vision)
• Report from Congo River Mission (Christian News Wire)
• Congo by rail: filthy, crowded, dangerous (NY Times)
• Mysterious illness in Congo puzzles officials (News-Medical.net)
• Recruitment of child soldiers surges (UN News Centre)
• "The are destroying the female species in Congo" (Democracy Now)
• Leaders indifferent as Congolese women raped, multilated (Mercury News)
• Rape as an instrument of war in Congo (UN Dispatch)
• Congo announces end of Ebola outbreak (Reuters)
• World Bank drops shares in Congo forest-destroying company (Reuters)
• Congo Nature Reserve will protect endangered bonobos (India Interacts)
• Congo keeps uranium riches under wraps (Guardian Unlimited)
• Combatants urged to spare civilians (Washington Post)