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

Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

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

The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, ...

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

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.

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

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

Leaders of Central Africa demanded the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group stop its offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and called on Friday for the opening of an aid pipeline.

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as forests vanish, sightings are on the rise—offering a glimpse into how folklore is ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent mandate to investigate abuses by all parties to the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...