In the Congo, MSF (Doctors Without Borders) report that there have been mass rapes in South Kivu, with 200 men, women and children having been raped since January. Normally violence is not centralized to one area as it has been in this case. Victims state that those responsible are members of the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération de Rwanda (FDLR), which is made up of former persons responsible for the Rwandan Genocide. Amid the continuing unrest, states, international organization, and NGOs are preparing for the predicted global food shortage which is bound to effect those persons already in crisis due to violence and poverty. This crisis is currently impinging on Libya. France said that humanitarian aid must be the priority rather than military action to oust Muammar Gaddafi, one day after the United States said it was moving warships and air forces closer to Libya.
Food Shortage in Libya:
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/east-libya-could-face-food-shortages-soon-source/
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/france-urges-aid-not-military-action-for-libya/
The Congo:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=92062
On the global food shortage:
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/oxfam-calls-for-radical-shake-up-of-food-aid/
Britain threatens to leave UN Food Agency due to ineffectiveness:
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/britain-threatens-to-quit-un-food-agency/
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