M23 rebels and other fighters in Congo are using sexual violence as a weapon of war. Child survivors share their stories of ...

Fighters from Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped scores of women and girls in the east in November, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday. The ...

Today is a day that has largely–and rightly–been given over to Dr. [Denis] Mukwege and his astonishing and heroic work in the Congo. (For those who may have missed his panel, he is, of course, the ...

Discover how Robin Wright and Karen Fowler built Pour Les Femmes, a mission-driven sleepwear brand creating real economic opportunities for women in Congo.

This annual run to positively impact the lives of women and children in war-ravaged Congo features a 5K run or walk. Proceeds benefit Women for Women International.

DAKAR, Senegal — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold over the first half this year, Save The Children said on Thursday, amid a ...

BULENGO, Congo (AP) — A hooded man burst into the 42-year-old woman’s tent while her children were out searching for food, then raped her in the displacement camp where she had fled war in eastern ...

As Ebola returns to Congo, many of the local women who worked to end the last major outbreak are struggling to find jobs MANGINA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

When citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo go to the polls next Sunday, attention will be focused on the race to succeed Joseph Kabila, the president of nearly 18 years. But away from the ...

Alarming study results released today show that the horrors of rape in the central-African nation of Congo are even worse than previously thought: Latest reports are that 1,152 women are raped every ...

An apparent missed call led to a large portion of a women’s soccer team attacking a referee. Members of DC Motema Pembe, a women’s soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, chased and ...

The women were taken from their families in the 1950s. It was not until 2017 that Monique Bitu Bingi felt strong enough to tell the full story of what happened during her childhood in the ...