| DRC: Bicycles needed to fight "tied legs" syndrome |
 KINSHASA, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are appealing for funds to combat a tropical disease associated with the consumption of insufficiently processed cassava in western Bandundu province, officials said.
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| WEST AFRICA: Fewer meningitis cases but more deadly |
 DAKAR, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - This year there are less than half the reported meningitis infections than in the same period in 2009, but more patients are dying - 13 percent in 2010 versus 8 percent in 2009 - according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Multi-Disease Surveillance Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, which tracks 14 countries prone to meningitis outbreaks between Senegal and Ethiopia.
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| DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity" |
 NAIROBI, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - Government troops - the FARDC - in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN reports detailing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by various groups there.
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| DRC-UGANDA: Aid workers battle to help "forgotten" refugees |
 NAKIVALE, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - With at least 67,000 refugees in southwest Uganda, the government and aid workers are still battling inadequate resources in what a UN official described as a "silent emergency".
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| IRIN: Today's most popular IRIN articles |
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) - Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. This feature was launched on 18 July, but will display the latest, most popular items of today.
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| DRC-RWANDA: Hard homecoming for Kivu returnees |
 GOMA, 1 March 2010 (IRIN) - For the many thousands of people displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kivu regions who have returned to their villages, home has its many hardships.
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| Analysis: Fighting for peace in the Kivus |
 GOMA, 22 February 2010 (IRIN) - A year ago, Goma town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was temporarily home to tens of thousands displaced by fighting between government forces and various armed groups. Now, many have returned to their villages.
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| DRC: Watching the volcanoes |
 GOMA, 16 February 2010 (IRIN) - Perched on a hillside, the volcano observatory in Goma, capital of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, commands a great view of nearby Nyiragongo mountain.
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| DRC: Militias causing increased havoc in northeast |
 BUNIA, 12 February 2010 (IRIN) - Eight months after the end of joint military operations by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, many parts of Orientale Province, in northeastern DRC, are still in turmoil, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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| DRC: Parents keep children at home amid security fears in Dongo |
 KINSHASA, 10 February 2010 (IRIN) - Schools in Dongo, Equateur Province, in western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the scene of inter-ethnic clashes from October to December 2009, are still closed because parents are worried about security, despite a call for their reopening by the provincial government.
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