On International Women’s Day there’s no better place to be than Bukavu, in the troubled eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The outfits are spectacular, the dancing is spirited and the ...

These women are bringing some peace to war-stricken Congo. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, activists terrorized by conflict for decades are stepping in to try to break the cycle of violence.

LUGUNGU, Congo -- For the women of eastern Congo, a U.S.-backed Congolese military operation meant to save them from abusive rebels has turned into a nightmare of its own.

Morocco defeated DR Congo 4-2 on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Rabat during the second matchday of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup ...

I’m no vigilante. I believe in violence as a last resort. As a journalist who has reported from nearly every war zone in the world — I’ve seen enough of it to know that once started, the ...

Incidence of rape in the Congo is 26 times higher than previously thought. 2011-05-13T23:18:45Z -- By the time you finish reading this article five women in the Congo will have been raped. In what ...

Rape has been used as a brutal weapon of war in Congo, but now some of the women are fighting back the only way they know how — by talking about what happened. IE 11 is not supported.

Women kidnapped from Congo are suing Belgium's government for crimes against humanity. The women were taken from their families in the 1950s. By Aicha El Hammar Castano and Guy Davies.

Read Mac McClelland’s story on Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda. As many as 500,000 women have been raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo since it plunged into an ongoing civil war in 1996.

But the mysterious flu-like disease that has killed more than 143 people — mainly women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been identified.