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 on Friday condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo ...

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 ...

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 ...

Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya on Wednesday denounced the ceasefire as a "ploy" after the Rwandan-backed armed group began a new offensive at dawn. "This is proof that the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government confirmed the presence of the Rwandan army in Goma. Rwandan-backed rebels have launched an offensive, prompting DRC forces to work on preventing ...

"Our positions have been attacked," the spokesperson for the Congolese government, Patrick Muyaya, told RFI, adding that the M23 has broken the ceasefire it had unilaterally declared on 3 February ...

Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya on Wednesday denounced the ceasefire as a "ploy" after the Rwandan-backed armed group began a new offensive at dawn. A new dawn offensive by the M23 armed ...