HUNDREDS of women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels stormed a female prison in Congo. The atrocity happened in the city of Goma when freed male prisoners turned on the ...

Over 160 women have been raped and children killed in fires after a prison break in war-torn DR Congo, the the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said. Inmates escaped the ...

AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after a mass jailbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the seizure of a major city by militants.

The death toll following a brutal storming from Rwandan-backed rebels in the Congolese city of Goma has neared 3,000 after hundreds of women were ... Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province.

During the recent chaos in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of female prisoners were raped and burned alive after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels entered the city.The women were attacked in ...

Over 150 women were raped and killed during a mass jailbreak in Congo's Goma, as inmates set fire to the prison. The incident occurred during clashes between M23 rebels and Congolese forces.

Between 165 and 167 women were assaulted by male inmates during ... Rwanda-backed M23 executed a rapid advance through eastern DR Congo. The city was plunged into chaos, with bodies lying in ...