Crime has increased in eastern DR Congo's two major cities which were recently seized by the Rwanda-backed M23, the UN's ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the ...

About 200 wounded and sick soldiers from the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of ...

We are shocked by the sheer number of deceased individuals retrieved from the streets and Lake Kivu,” the experts said.

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council has launched a commission that will investigate atrocities committed by both sides.

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic ...

Among the passengers sailing from Goma's port on Wednesday was Patrick ... committing acts of violence against civilians. On Tuesday, the UN human rights chief accused the Rwanda-backed rebels ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.