A "silent genocide" — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring in eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, ...

Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her rapist at a prison in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ... But few of the women managed to get away. A total of 132 female ...

HUNDREDS of women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels stormed a female prison in Congo. The atrocity happened in the city of Goma when freed male prisoners turned on the ...

Rape has almost always been a part of armed conflict, but in Congo’s civil wars, it was a strategy. At least 200,000 Congolese women and children were raped during the seven-year conflict ...

Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive during a ... The M23 were reported to be gaining ground in other areas of eastern Congo and advancing on another provincial capital, Bukavu.

Between 165 and 167 women were assaulted by male inmates during ... Rwanda-backed M23 executed a rapid advance through eastern DR Congo. The city was plunged into chaos, with bodies lying in ...

The BBC cannot verify how many women were raped that night, out of a total of 167 who, sources say, were being held. Nadine is furious at the authorities - for locking her up in the first place over ...