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

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 40 people died and dozens were injured while protesters from a religious sect gathered in the Congolese city of Goma, national authorities said. Congo’s communications ...

Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and explosions. Electricity, water and internet ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump claims that ... appear as a truce rather than a definitive settlement,” Moleka said. Asadu reported from Dakar, Senegal. Janvier Barhahiga in Bukavu, ...

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, ...

A basketball academy that offers young people a lifeline and a chance to dream is hanging on in the Congolese city of Goma, despite years of war and the chaos and violence that have followed a rebel ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on government and rebel authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ...

Over a thousand disarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families, have safely been transferred from ...

Congo's authorities announced earlier this week a new Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than a dozen people in a southern ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United ...