DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold ...

Since 2019, the number of closures has almost doubled rising from fewer than 8,000 to over 14,800, alert the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in a report ...

The U.N. human rights office says Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed gang rape, sexual slavery, ...

Congo's authorities have announced a new Ebola outbreak that has killed more than a dozen people in a southern province.

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese city in a bid to occupy territory and exploit minerals. Displaced people ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern ...

A mysterious illness has surfaced in the Central African country of Congo. The flu-like ailment has killed dozens of people over a span of two weeks and is now spreading in Southwestern Congo. The ...

DAKAR, May 9 (Reuters) - Some 52 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to meet their basic food and nutrition needs in the upcoming lean season, driven by conflict, extreme weather ...