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

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 ...

Rebels say Congo soldiers 'abandoned' population Army exit gave rise to crime, prison break Rapid offensive has fanned fears of a wider war Congo accuses Rwanda of seizing minerals Feb 17 (Reuters ...

Smoke was seen rising from a prison in Bukavu on Sunday (February ... of the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Rare hantavirus that killed Gene Hackman's wife surged ...

Congo's government has so far stopped short of saying Bukavu ... 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.