Chance Azina walked slowly along the streets of Goma in North Kivu Province, her body weighed down by the heat at seven ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

Refugees in Igne, Republic of Congo founded an agricultural cooperative to transform small land plots into thriving farms. Credit: Lisungi / World Bank. The Lisungi project has empowered refugee women ...

In early February 2025, male prisoners in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched a prison break. In their mass escape, the ...

People in Ituri province, northeastern DRC, are living amidst horrific violence, widespread displacement and a lack of aid.

A new multimedia exhibition in Belfast organised by Concern Worldwide seeks to share the compelling stories of people ...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has witnessed a renewed spike in atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s Ituri ... as young as 4 and pregnant women for machete and gunshot ...

Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have continued to ...

From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls’ rights have suffered serious setbacks. Despite the challenges, there also have been improvements and victories.

By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three American citizens who were sentenced to death over a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo have had their sentences commuted ...