Egyptian human rights workers are looking to international bodies for support against Muslim judges who use sharia (Islamic law) to undermine custody rights of Christian mothers.

The ebb and flow of violence over the last decade has burst about the eastern region of North Kivu again as another peace accord fails, trapping millions of civilians between warring factions that operate with a total-war mentality.

“This is a God sized crisis and considering we had like-mindedness, we believed that our voice can be louder together than individually on behalf of the orphan,” said Scott Hasenbalg, executive director of Shaohannah's Hope, Inc.