Two rappers arrested and charged in recent months have defended themselves in court against charges of insulting the army and the president in their works, which condemn the government's failure to stem the bloodshed in the conflict-torn east

Amnesty International has accused both the M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's army of using explosive weapons in densely populated areas, insisting that an end must be put to this situation

DRC banned the satellite news network al-Jazeera because it made and broadcasted an interview with the leader of a rebel group that recently took over territory in the east of the country

The country has filed a complaint against Apple's subsidiaries in Belgium and France accusing them of sourcing the minerals essential for the production of devices from the many illegal mines in the country, and thus being complicit in those crimes