The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women recently examined the Republic of the Congo’s eighth periodic report, acknowledging the country’s legal advancements while raising ...

Congo has launched a plan for the world's largest protected area - but Indigenous and local people say they haven't been ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body on Friday condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

especially against women and girls. Additionally, forced conscription, forced labor, and arbitrary detentions of displaced persons falsely accused of being rebels have exacerbated the crisis. The UN ...

Women and child recipients in war zones — such as in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and parts of Sudan — are especially hard hit amid the aid pause. The same goes for people in 25 of the ...

Conflict Minerals - A Convenient Myth for DR Congo's M23 War?

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 ...