OLYMPIC icon Cindy Ngamba was once threatened with deportation to Cameroon, where gay women face five years in prison. Now the 25-year-old has a Paris 2024 bronze medal — the Refugee Team’s first ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that ...

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

Killings and mass rape are unfortunately frequent scenes of conflict-related sexual violence that have plagued the Democratic ...

A Congo military court accused Corneille Nangaa of war crimes and treason, following his group's seizure of Nyabibwe, a ...

During the Goma jailbreak, several women were assaulted by male inmates, while the majority perished when the prisoners set ...

According to the United Nations, hundreds of women were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in Goma, DR Congo.

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels last week captured regional capital Goma in an anarchic and mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Renee Montagne, one of NPR’s best-known voices, is leaving public media for a new chapter in her life. Over the years, ...

As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of ...

The South African Police Service has wrapped up its festive season operations, which resulting in 244,951 arrests between ...