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

The probe follows deadly clashes that have plagued the region, leading to numerous deaths. Congolese government spokesman ...

The U.N.'s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...

The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese ...

But “all we are waiting for is the withdrawal of the M23,” Congo’s government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya told journalists. The M23 last week seized control of Goma, a city of 2 million ...

The international community must take concrete action and impose sanctions on Rwanda to curb the M23 rebel conflict in ...

At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a ...

Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya, speaking at a press briefing with the Association of Accredited Correspondents to the UN (ACANU) in Geneva, urged global powers to take decisive action as ...

Authorities say at least 773 people were killed in the eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma city and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels ...

DRC communications minister Patrick Muyaya confirmed the rape of the 165 women, telling CNN Wednesday that “the government condemns with the greatest energy this barbaric crime.” The killings ...