"People were dying in front of our eyes. I couldn't count them. We tried to revive them by giving them water. Some women were ...

Trump's FDA chief pick Makary to face overhauling agency, keeping Kennedy happy Martin Makary, President Donald Trump's nominee to run the U.S. FDA, will be tasked with maintaining the agency's ...

Armed men in Congo have allegedly raped hundreds of children ... female inmates were butchered in their wing in the notoriously overcrowded prison after men forced their way in and went on a ...

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.

The U.N. uncovered that in the chaos, more than 100 female inmates at a prison were raped and then burned alive when the facility caught fire. Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades.

Most Congo experts are now convinced that the Katangese, aware that Lumumba was gaining followers even while in prison, shot him the very next morning. The elaborate tale told by Minister Munongo ...

BUKAVU, Congo — At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group, which took ...

With mass killings, prison breaks, mass displacement and mystery illnesses, violence has once again become a central issue in ...

Congo's government has so far stopped short ... creating a power vacuum that gave rise to looting and a prison break. In a statement read on local radio on Monday, a rebel alliance that includes ...

Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her rapist at a prison in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in the early hours of 27 January. "I was forced to let it happen ...

STORY: ::Smoke is seen rising from a prison after a breakout as M23 rebels enter east Congo's second largest city ::Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo ::February 16, 2025 The Congolese government ...