Like in other industries, Black-owned brands hold their own in the fashion space. Though it wasn’t always the case, now, […] ...

Women in science are still severely underrepresented in Central African countries such as Chad (3.4%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (8.7%), Guinea (9.8%) and the Republic of the Congo (12.8%).

Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo — 'We fear for the future of ... to put her daughter through school and knows of many other women who are in the same position. "We have always demanded ...

And Congolese women in particular hope — and trust — that she can do better than her predecessors. "There are men who say that women can't do what they do," said student Sefora Wameh.

Sexual violence is a chronic problem in Congo’s prisons. In September 2020, a prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in Lubumbashi caused a fire in the women’s section that forced the female ...

That’s why we’re there. The Congolese people have always stood strong in the midst of emergencies. With integrated solutions that address the root causes of these problems, they can become more ...

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Over the last decade or so, Mia Khalifa has been forced to try to find some answers. In 2014, when Khalifa, who was born in ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Congolese authorities have launched investigations into two recent deadly boat accidents, including the capsizing of an overcrowded boat on Lake Kivu on Thursday which killed ...

Congolese authorities began vaccination against ... as well as through close contact among children, pregnant women and other vulnerable groups, Dr. Dimie Ogoina, the chair of WHO's mpox emergency ...

Congo’s history and present day political violence, women, health awareness and contemporary youth movements. Fatoumata Barrie ’24 M.A. ’25, lead organizer of Congo Week at Stanford ...