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

Women in science are still severely underrepresented in Central African countries such as Chad (3.4%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (8.7%), Guinea (9.8%) and the Republic of the Congo (12.8%).

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

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 ...

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 ...