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Empowering women in Central Africa: What different countries are doing

Angola, Burundi, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
Newsday

Sexual violence against children and women has surged in Congo, charity says

DAKAR, Senegal — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold over the first half this year, Save The Children said on Thursday, amid a ...

Over 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates after a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ...
Wall Street Journal

U.N. Accuses Rwanda-Backed Rebels of Slaughtering Children, Other Civilians in Congo

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo committed what might have been war crimes and crimes against humanity, raping women and executing children and other civilians, the United Nations said ...
Hawk Central

Gullah Geechee woman's journey to recognition as chief and queen of Bateke tribe

Savannah native Janiqwa Nganga was recently initiated as Chief and Queen of the African Diaspora for the Bateke Tribe of the Congo. Nganga sees her new role as a bridge connecting the African diaspora ...
Reuters

Exclusive: More than 50 women accuse aid workers of sexual abuse in Congo Ebola crisis

At least 30 women said workers from the World Health Organization were involved Women also noted men came from UNICEF, Oxfam, Medecins Sans Frontieres, International Organisation for Migration, World ...
Boston Review

The Inventor of the Future

“As a punishment for the crime of being born of a white father and a black mother I spent my early years in a prison for children.” So begins My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria ...