But sex work in Congo is dangerous. Women face systematic violence that's tolerated by society ... Independent readers are ...

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 ...

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.

UN Report Sheds Light on Rapes in Makala Prison During Deadly Jailbreak A September 9 internal report by the United Nations Population Fund, the UN agency tasked with improving reproductive and ...

Few older Africans participate openly in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights movement. But Francisca ...

Stanford’s first ever Congo Week, held during Oct. 14-20, will feature a range of programming highlighting Congolese culture ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Doctors Without Borders treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east ...

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several ... pregnant women and other vulnerable groups ...

By Elian Peltier Reporting from Abidjan, Ivory Coast More than 700 inmates were released from the largest prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... Some of the women told the television ...

DAKAR, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cancelled a licensing round for 27 oil blocks, originally launched in 2022 to tap into the nation's oil and gas potential ...

GalleryPhotographer Thomas Nicolon visited the Bayaka, who are now part of forest protection teams in the Congo Basin ... In addition to their traditional tracking skills, they are now taking ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities Saturday began vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was ...