The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...

DR Congo government officials have become experts at shifting blame instead of taking responsibility for governance and security on their territory, Yolande Makolo, the Rwanda government spokesperson, ...

The head of the UN Human Rights Office, Volker Türk, said that the worst could be ahead in the escalation of the crisis in ...

The summit of leaders from the East African Community (EAC), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) due on Saturday, February 8, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is a laudable move in the ...

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

Horrific scenes saw over 160 women raped and children dead in fires after the prison break at Munzenze near Goma last Monday ...

The UN reports a tragic toll of 3,000 dead and 2,880 injured in DR Congo’s conflict, highlighting increased sexual violence ...

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

Two days after meeting with President Félix Tshisekedi, the Catholic Church and the Church of Christ in Congo announced plans to initiate a dialogue that includes M23 rebels, who control Goma and have ...

The UN Human Rights Council is considering whether to launch an investigation into alleged abuses committed in eastern Congo on Kinshasa's request. Rwanda alleged it was responding to an "imminent" ...

The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from ...

A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its withdrawal.