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Congolese Women Are Using Liquid Seasoning to Give Themselves DIY Butt Implants
Watch this short clip from a new episode of 'STATES OF UNDRESS,' VICELAND's travel and fashion series, airing Wednesday, April 5.
This is What Happened When Akon Headlined the Peace One Day Concert in the Congo
Sound like an incongruous scene? Well now imagine Akon performing in a big plastic ball.
Can We Stop Rape Being Used As a Weapon of War?
I spoke to a rape survivor working towards that goal at last week's Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict summit.
This Week in Racism - The History of African Human Zoos in Europe
Artists in Norway built a recreation of the "Congo Village," a human zoo that attracted white patrons who were eager to gawk at tribal Africans held in captivity. Human zoos were a sad, but common attraction in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Humans Become More Honest When We're Pushed to Our Limits
According to Magnum photographer, Michael Christopher Brown.
Former Rebels in the Congo Are Getting Tired of Waiting for Peace
They've been held in government camps for two months; now they're getting antsy.
Unrest in Congo Is Spreading to the Rwandan Border
Congolese authorities blame Rwanda for the attacks.
The Time I Was Tied Naked to a Totem Pole by Congolese Soldiers
Things were pretty tense in Kinshasa when the Second Congo War kicked off.
Bush League Rebels
The greatest threat to security here are the rebels no one wants to talk about, M23.
North Kivu Is In a Constant State of Emergency
Civilians are getting pushed out of their homes, being raped and catching diseases.
The M23 Advance Throughout the Congo as Innocents Run for Their Lives
A steady escalation of violence has become the norm.