AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after a mass jailbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the seizure of a major city by militants.

Goma: Congo has been witnessing a massive political crisis with Rwanda-backed rebels capturing the city of Goma and another town near the provincial capital of Bukavu. Amid the ongoing violence, it ...

According to an internal UN document seen by the BBC, between 165 and 167 women were sexually assaulted by male inmates before being killed in a fire set by the prisoners. Goma, a city of more than ...

An internal United Nations document estimates that male inmates assaulted between 165 and 167 women prisoners during the initial break-out. The report adds the men set the facility on fire, ...

Today's rundown includes US deporting illegal Indian migrants in chained condition, over 100 women raped in Congo while death toll neared 3000 amid fighting, Trump signing an executive order to ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

Meanwhile, Congo is preparing a mass burial as the death toll due to the unrest nears 3,000. As per an internal UN document seen by BBC, around 165 to 167 women were assaulted by male inmates ...

UN Women is deeply concerned about the increased vulnerability of women and girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The renewed escalation of violence has resulted in a devastating ...

UN Women has expressed deep concern over the escalating violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the increasingly dire humanitarian conditions affecting women and girls. With ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...