Goma: Congo has been witnessing a massive political crisis with Rwanda-backed rebels capturing the city of Goma and another town near the provincial capital of Bukavu. Amid the ongoing violence, it ...

People gather for a funeral in the city of Goma, Congo.

AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after a mass jailbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the seizure of a major city by militants.

Meanwhile, Congo is preparing a mass burial as the death toll due to the unrest nears 3,000. As per an internal UN document seen by BBC, around 165 to 167 women were assaulted by male inmates ...

UN Women is deeply concerned about the increased vulnerability of women and girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The renewed escalation of violence has resulted in a devastating ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

An internal United Nations document estimates that male inmates assaulted between 165 and 167 women prisoners during the initial break-out. The report adds the men set the facility on fire, ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, at the zoo. The Poppy Cam lets hippo lovers ...

According to an internal UN document seen by the BBC, between 165 and 167 women were sexually assaulted by male inmates before being killed in a fire set by the prisoners. Goma, a city of more than ...

Of the 2,500 remaining specimens, the majority live in Taï National Park in Ivory Coast, the largest – and one of the last – primary forests in West Africa.

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Image- AP More than 150 women held in a ...