UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

DR Congo War - Talks Failing, Time for Sanctions?

Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

The Congolese community is so close-knit that the locals call the area where they live ...

The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the country’s ...

At least 50 people have been killed in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, several local ...

At least 160 female inmates of a prison in Goma were raped, during a jailbreak amid the chaos unleashed by M23 rebels, ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in minerals.

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

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A horrific new video shows charred bodies left inside a female prison block in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where hundreds of women were raped before being burned alive.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Militia fighters killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages and a camp for displaced people in northeastern Congo, local authorities said Tuesday.