Month: January 2026
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Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns
Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with new data showing a sharp rise in cases since 2022, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The surge is unfolding against the backdrop of escalating conflict in eastern DRC, where renewed fighting has triggered…
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A woman dies from cervical cancer every two minutes, UN says
A flood of questions drowned Jeanette in thought after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Would she be unable to conceive a child? Would she have to enter menopause at the early age of 31? “I felt betrayed by my body,” she told the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of an initiative to eliminate the disease. …
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