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

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.

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

One thing never ceases to amaze about the conflicts, bloodshed, and civil strife perpetually roiling the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo): the reluctance of the international ...

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

Ombeni ran out the office and into the street, where crowds tried to dodge bullets and vehicles speeding through the city, while the Congolese army and UN staff stood by. M23 raped several dozen women ...

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

Intense clashes broke out as the armed group seized a mining town in South Kivu province and resumed its advance towards the ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...

Local and military sources said in recent days that both the Congo army and the M23 and its Rwandan allies were in the ...