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

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the rebels to lay down their weapons and agree to mediation.

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

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic ...

The crisis in eastern Congo has disrupted economic activity in East Africa, and especially air travel, with the region’s ...

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has issued an international arrest warrant for the leader of the Congo River Alliance, which includes the M23, for war crimes and treason.

If nothing is done in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, worse could follow for the people of the eastern DRC, as well as for the country's neighbours and the region, the United Nations Human ...

The United Nations (UN) human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all those with influence to help halt the violence and warning ...

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...