In eastern Congo, the M23 rebel group—backed by Rwanda—has surrounded the city of Goma, cutting off its supply routes and ...

M23 rebels claim they now control the Congolese city of Goma—an act Congo's government described as a 'declaration of war.' ...

A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals. Goma, a key hub in Eastern Democratic Republic of ...

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Congo's authorities announced earlier this week a new Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than a dozen people in a southern ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold ...

Warning: This article contains distressing content, including descriptions of rape, from the start. "He told me that if I tried to escape, he would kill me." Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her ...

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