FILE - Women walk in the Bulengo refugee camp in Goma, Congo, Thursday, Aug, 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of children and women who are survivors of ...

More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organization and leading NGOs of sexual exploitation ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was setting up a seven-person independent commission to investigate ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. BULENGO, Congo (AP) — A hooded man burst ...

SAN FRANCISCO – When Jonathan Kuminga discusses his homeland, he does so in a steady voice that affirms conviction, even as his eyes convey the misery they’ve seen. Count him among those with a deep ...

Editor's note: This story is part of Global Sisters Report's yearlong series "Out of the Shadows: Confronting Violence Against Women," which will focus on the ways Catholic sisters are responding to ...

Lisa Shannon could not sit still after watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show that revealed the story of the world’s deadliest conflict — a Congolese war in which scores of women are raped, and ...

Since its founding in 2015, the Lincoln-based One Thread Project has been dedicated to empowering women and children in Congo through education, entrepreneurship and vocational training. With over 375 ...

Refugees in Igne, Republic of Congo founded an agricultural cooperative to transform small land plots into thriving farms. Credit: Lisungi / World Bank. The Lisungi project has empowered refugee women ...

India’s women peacekeepers are changing lives where conflict once silenced hope. At the UN Peacebuilding Commission, India ...

BULENGO, Congo (AP) — A hooded man burst into the 42-year-old woman’s tent while her children were out searching for food, then raped her in the displacement camp where she had fled war in eastern ...