UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the continued lack of access to displaced people hampers the ...

More than 88,000 women and girls are at risk of gender-based violence, while unintended pregnancies are expected to rise due ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of (DR) Congo ...

An FDNY officer who was told by her grandfather that “women shouldn’t be firefighters” is poised to become the highest-ranked ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo - As fighting intensified in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Francine Toyata clutched her pregnant belly, waves of pain coursing ...

including 127 sentenced to death,” explained Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Justice Minister Constant Mutamba during a press briefing January 6. These death sentences come after the ...

This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers ...

Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the M23 Rebellion in 2012. (Photo: MONUSCO Photos/Wikimedia Commons) "I express my concern about the worsening security situation in the ...

I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” one expert said. Women and girls are more susceptible to HIV and malaria in many developing countries.