Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich region ...

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.

The soldiers' bodies were due to be repatriated to South Africa on Wednesday. However, the SANDF on Thursday stated that all ...

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

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...

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

There is a pattern of nations whose difficult histories have resulted in authoritarian governments peddling grievance.

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

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, one of Arizona’s biggest refugee aid groups has laid off around 50 people.