Rebels have seized control of large areas of Goma, setting up checkpoints and severely restricting humanitarian access, ...

The Rwanda-backed group known as M23 is believed to have been responsible for the incident following its takeover of the city ...

The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and the armed M23 group.Despite security ...

International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of ...

DRC gained independence in 1960 and since then the UN has played a crucial role in the country, notably through the deployment of three peacekeeping missions. The UN intervened for the first time in ...

Bodies in the streets, no clean water and an intensifying rainy season trigger escalating health risks in Goma, the ...

We call on all parties to ensure that health and humanitarian workers can safely reach people in need and that patients and ...

ICC prosecutors are monitoring developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on Rwandan-backed rebels' ...

Congo’s government has described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false ...

Hundreds of women were sexually assaulted before being butchered during a mass jail break from the Munzenze jail last week, ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. The capture of Goma by the M23 rebel movement and Rwandan army forces has positioned Kigali as the dominant ...

HUNDREDS of women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels stormed a female prison in Congo. The sickening ...