Killings and mass rape are unfortunately frequent scenes of conflict-related sexual violence that have plagued the Democratic ...

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates after a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ...

Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after militants raided a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congo jailbreak footage shows prisoners fleeing as smoke billowed in the background, with heavy gunfire ringing out.

The recent surge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to significant loss of life, trauma, displacement, and the destruction of critical health infrastructure, ...

According to the United Nations, hundreds of women were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in Goma, DR Congo.

Up to 167 women have been raped and killed after prisoners escaped jail in the DRC, according to a UN document seen by the BBC.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels last week captured regional capital Goma in an anarchic and mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rebels have seized control of large areas of Goma, setting up checkpoints and severely restricting humanitarian access, ...

Amid the ongoing violence in Congo, hundreds of women in Goma's Munzenze Prison were raped and burnt alive after the city was ...

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

LAC VERT, Democratic Republic of Congo - Widow Francine Nsengiyumva and her three children have little to eat and sleep on ...