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VICE News Capsule - Monday, September 22
Afghan election crisis ends with power-sharing deal, Rwandan rebels in DRC seek end to fighting & more.
Separate Ebola Strain Now Discovered in Central Africa Has Already Killed 13
Ebola has killed over 1,400 people in West Africa. There now appears to be a separate outbreak of the disease in the DRC.
Can We Stop Rape from Being Used as a Weapon of War?
I spoke to a rape survivor working towards that lofty goal at last week's Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London.
The UK Is Facing a Fresh Iraq War Crimes Probe
Detainees in the UK’s custody described systematic torture, including beatings, electrocution, burning, mock executions, and sexual assault.
Former Rebels in the Congo Are Getting Tired of Waiting for Peace
They've been held in government camps for two months; now they're getting antsy.
Gadgets Are Still Fueling the Rebellion in Congo
Over the past few days, Red Cross workers have been walking the streets of Goma on the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo, picking up civilian bodies and burying them where they could find space. They’ve counted 62 so far.
My Friends Started a Bus Company in Congo
In August 2010, I traveled to Rwanda with three friends to cover the presidential election. We spent a month there and I headed back to Europe, but my friends—Yassin, Arthur, and Louis-Guillaume—crossed the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Sleeping Through the Slaughter
I used an embarrassing fuck-up by one of the world's most publicly accountable organizations as a bargaining tool to get a story. They reluctantly allowed me to join a massacre investigation mission in the most damaged part of what is, if their own...
On the Edge of an Exploding Volcano
Visiting the Congo's crazy, blackened, smoking hellscape right after the election.