The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

Many experts believe they are descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans.

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 ...

In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... self-identifying form had a blank for “tribe” to be entered. Those factors shaped ...

Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...

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, ...

the section designated for women was set on fire, as per The Guardian. Goma, a major city with a population exceeding one million, fell to the Rwanda-backed M23 following a swift advance through ...

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 ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

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 ...