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The smell of decomposing bodies filled the air as cemetery workers in eastern Congo unloaded dozens of coffins at the final resting place for victims of one of the deadliest crackdowns on protests in recent local memory. The burials continued as darkness fell. At least 56 people were killed on Aug. 30, according to a military prosecutor, after Congolese soldiers in the city of Goma opened fire on protesters ahead of a demonstration against the presence of U.N. peacekeepers.

Three other soldiers were sentenced to 10 years' servitude.

Belgium’s Director for Sub-Saharan Africa Reiner Nijskens said the Belgian government was ready to provide humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe provided that Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front hardliners did not benefit from it. He told this to United States embassy officials after a visit to Belgium by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Belgium did not have an

It is not just those from impoverished or obscure backgrounds who decide to take up arms and fight a sitting government

This shocking incident is just one example of the escalating violence against children in the region, as reported by United Nations on Friday