Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The Congolese returning to Goma to rebuild their homeland said they were heartbroken over the devastated situation in the city, which left them wandering how to reconstruct their life with fragile ...

Regional leaders of eight East African Community (EAC) countries, and the 16-member South African Development Community (SADC ...

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

Conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has "multiplied" the risk of the spread of diseases, including ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a major city.

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Goma last week, according to early estimates provided by the UN peacekeeping operation in ...