GENEVA - U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday that the worst could be ahead in the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, saying he expected sexual violence including incidents of rape and ...
DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.
Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...
The families of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are ...
On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a ...
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.
The rattling of machine guns blazing in the background of voice recordings sent by South African National Defence Force ...
Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they ...
The M23 and Rwandan troops last week seized Goma -- the provincial capital of the mineral-rich Kivu region that has been blighted by conflict.
There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the earth of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a war is currently ...
The U.N. health agency says at least 900 people were killed in last week’s fighting in Goma between the rebels and Congolese ...
Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at ...