Rape and defilement have been documented as the most common violations against women in the East Africa and Great Lakes Region, a scenario that women activists fear...

Looking at herself in the mirror, nine-year-old Helena squealed with delight at her reflection, standing upright with just the slightest support of her therapist. A...

More than 1,000 civilians have been killed and nearly 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo by Rwandan Hutu militiamen and Congolese forces since January, humanitarian...

Rape as a weapon of war against men has begun to rise in Congo. The shocking plight of the women suffering what is likely the worst sexual violence in the world has...

Since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended her African trip, the news cycle has seemingly abandoned the women of Congo–women who soldier on despite...

For the women of eastern Congo, a U.S.-backed Congolese military operation meant to save them from abusive rebels has turned into a nightmare of its own.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for Congolese youth to lead nationwide protests against massive corruption and rampant sexual violence in...

One has to have some degree of sympathy for Hillary Clinton. She put off her ambitions for that of her husband’s and then was humiliated by him. A nomination and...

Hillary Clinton on Monday showed a rare flash of public anger on a trip to Africa as a student asked for her husband’s views, putting him in his place by saying...

For the past week a remarkable battle has been raging in the mountain forests of Eastern Congo. Park rangers entrusted with protecting some of the world’s most...

It was around 11 p.m. when armed men burst into Kazungu Ziwa’s hut, put a machete to his throat and yanked down his pants. Mr. Ziwa is a tiny man, about four feet,...

Congolese authorities have failed to prevent widespread rapes, Human Rights Watch said in a new report, citing U.N. data showing 7,703 cases of sexual violence by the...

Rioting inmates raped around 20 female prisoners during a failed prison break in Democratic Republic of Congo’s violence-ravaged east, the country’s U.N....

Last Memorial Day weekend, I watched Hotel Rwanda. This year, I watched Lumumba. If you are an African and you haven’t watched the following movies: Sankofa, Hotel...

The problems hounding the Congo have turned it into a volcano waiting to be erupt. It’s long tryst with wars have crushed the well- being of its people, leaving...

Hutu rebels have retaken positions they lost in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN peacekeepers say. The UN says it has reports that FDLR rebels captured...

At least 100 bodies of people killed by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels of Joseph Kony have been discovered in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN...

When Apple debuted its I-Phone late last year, their product revolutionized the cell phone industry. It used to be so simple then. Over a decade ago, people walked...

In the past few months tensions have flared again in the Western region of Congo. A lawless place with little to no government control, this region has often been...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan officials and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels met in Kampala on Wednesday to try to push forward a stalled peace process aimed...