Ce rapport est bas sur une tude de cas originale, incluant des entretiens extensifsavec les forces arm es en R publique D mocratique du Congo (RDC). En explorant de mani re critique et remettant en question de mani re convaincante les st r otypes existants et r cits sur les violences sexuelles dans des lieux de conflit, les auteurs mettent en lumi re le besoin d'une compr hension nuanc e des violences r sultant de pratiques traditionnelles et orient es sur les lesbiennes, gays, bisexuels et transsexuels (LGBT), ainsi que ses victimes invisibles. Leur analyse va au-del des explications r ductrices qui distinguent les violences sexuelles d'autres formes de violences qui affectent les soci t?'s d chir es par la guerre et hantent les contextes d'apr s-guerre. Ainsi nous apportent-elles des enseignements tr?'s importants sur les circonstances dans lequelles les violences sexuelles se produisent.

This factbook presents numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a comprehensive picture of emigration, skilled emigration, immigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries and 15 country groups. Some interesting facts: More than 215 million people, or 3 percent of the world population, live outside their countries of birth. Current migration flows, relative to population, are weaker than those of the last decades of the nineteenth century. The volume of South-South migration (migration between developing countries) is larger than migration from the South to high-income OECD countries. International migration is dominated by voluntary migration, which is driven by economic factors. Refugees and asylum seekers made up 16.3 million, or 8 percent, of international migrants in 2010. Worldwide remittance flows are estimated to have exceeded $440 billion in 2010, of which developing countries received $325 billion. Remittances proved to be resilient during the recent global financial crisisùthey fell only 6 percent in 2009 and registered a quick recovery in 2010. The top migrant-destination country is the United States, followed by the Russian Federation, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Canada. The top immigration countries, relative to population, include Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Andorra, and the Cayman Islands.

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description