UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Rwandan-backed rebels now control large parts of eastern Congo and threaten to expand their offensive west into two neighboring provinces, the top U.N. official in the ...

As Angola steps back from its role as mediator in the DRC's conflict, peace efforts face new uncertainties. Challenges such ...

They told others to dig a hole, get in, then they piled earth on top of them, while they were still alive." Watch Mukantabana ...

Through her company, Fair Winds Trading, she has managed to make shopping meaningful -- a way to load up on gorgeous, exotic objects de lust while furthering peace and justice, not to mention ...

“I was lucky not to be raped. But in my family, three women were—including my mother, Consolate, who was raped by six Interahamwe soldiers [Rwandan Hutu militiamen linked to the perpetrators ...

In the United States, two drugs have been approved to treat female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD): Vyleesi (bremelanotide) and Addyi (flibanserin). Some people may refer to these as “V ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Ebralie Mwizerwa survived one of the worst humanitarian atrocities of our time: the Rwandan Genocide. In 1994, over just 100 days, an estimated 800,000 people were brutally ...

A village council head from a village in Alwar district of Rajasthan in India attends a meeting organized by UN Women’s partner The Hunger Project, to develop her leadership skills. Women get together ...

Across Africa, women have played significant roles in national ... during a time of intense ethnic conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi populations. Throughout her tenure, she played a crucial ...

Rwanda has denied involvement in the conflict and says it faces a threat from ethnic Hutu fighters in DR Congo.