Women and girls are easy targets for religious persecution, and their plight is often compounded when shunned by their own ...

An alarming number of African women and girls are being raped in the central African nation of the Congo — some reportedly at the hands of United Nations peacekeepers. NPR's Ed Gordon speaks with Lisa ...

Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and ...

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 ...

Alarming study results released today show that the horrors of rape in the central-African nation of Congo are even worse than previously thought: Latest reports are that 1,152 women are raped every ...

World News Rape in DR Congo: A war on women's bodies A seven-minute video showing a woman being beaten, raped and then beheaded in a public square in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was ...

Savannah native Janiqwa Nganga was recently initiated as Chief and Queen of the African Diaspora for the Bateke Tribe of the Congo. Nganga sees her new role as a bridge connecting the African diaspora ...

The African Development Bank Group and the Republic of Congo strengthen partnership for economic diversification and regional integration ...

NAIROBI, Kenya--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) through its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative, in partnership with African Guarantee Fund ...