Leaders from Eastern and Southern African regional blocs gather in Tanzania on Saturday to seek a solution to the conflict in ...

None of Zawadi Sifa's seven children have known life without fear and the constant threat of violence. Her story mirrors that ...

A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

Nine United Nations peacekeepers in eastern Congo sustained injuries during fighting with the M23 armed group, the U.N. said, ...

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more ...