DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold over the first half this year, Save The Children said on Thursday, amid a ...

Millions of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are living through a war where their bodies are used as battlegrounds. Conflict is raging. Sexual violence is everywhere. And yet the ...

The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that offered care. By Stephanie Nolen ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health ...

UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by conflict recently. By Eve Sampson See more of our coverage in your search results ...

Conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated, while support to survivors has significantly dropped. The Rwanda-backed M23 and other armed groups and military ...

LONDON – The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged the U.N. health agency's response to sexual abuse allegations involving employees who worked in Congo during an Ebola outbreak was “slow ...