FILE - Women walk in the Bulengo refugee camp in Goma, Congo, Thursday, Aug, 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of children and women who are survivors of ...

Savannah native Janiqwa “Nqwamary” Nganga was given the rare honor of being named chief and queen of an African tribe.

Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and face rampant insecurity, a senior United Nations official warned on ...

An alarming number of African women and girls are being raped in the central African nation of the Congo — some reportedly at the hands of United Nations peacekeepers. NPR's Ed Gordon speaks with Lisa ...

Banyana Banyana scored an important away goal in their Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, which they played without head coach Desiree Ellis. The tactician is deadlocked with the South African ...

Landmark ruling finally brings justice for survivors of wartime sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading African cardinal says African cultures and “a certain mentality in the Church” have put women in a disadvantaged position. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa ...

A Sister of St. Andrew, Josée Ngalula is the first African woman appointed to the International Theological Commission, the church's premiere advisory body on theology and the church's magisterium, ...

Prince Harry's African Parks conservation project is facing new allegations after reports a pregnant woman was "trampled on" and then lost her unborn baby. The Duke of Sussex was previously president ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...