Women's Issues: Female rebels meet in Ethiopia for course on human rights

AFP reports that former and current African female rebels have met in Ethiopia for a course on human rights aimed at, "promoting women's empowerment during conflict and post-war situations".

Former and active members of rebel groups from Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe attended the conference held at the African Union (AU) headquarters.

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