Violence, uncertainty in Congo

Six months after a historic election, and less than a month before the United Nations peacekeeping mission is set to end, people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still facing violence and uncertainty. This week we highlight the work of four reporters who have been filing stories from Congo:

Stephanie Hanes reports for The Christian Science Monitor about the UN Mission ...

Eddy Isango reports for the Associated Press, and Joe Bavier reports for Reuters, about recent armed clashes between Congo's army and fighters loyal to rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba ...

Jeffrey Gettleman, in the New York Times, takes a broad look at conditions in Congo after taking a "1,200-mile trip across the country — by plane, truck, motorbike, hiking boots and dugout canoe" ...

The Lower 9th Ward: "Desolation Row"

The Independent's Andrew Buncombe visits New Orleans 18 months after Hurricane Katrina and finds that the city "has barely begun to recover."

Recovering from Brain Injury

ABC News' Bob Woodruff--wounded last year by a roadside bomb in Iraq--tells the story of his own recovery from traumatic brain injury and visits veterans suffering from similar injuries.