The next morning, January 27, saw prisoners break down the doors of their cells and set fires at Goma prison, near the city's airport. Many inmates were stuck inside the burning building.

"He told me that if I tried to escape, he would kill me." Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her rapist at a prison in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in the early ...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member and partner organisations (see signatories below) are ...

US judge rejects J&J's $10 billion baby powder settlement A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson's $10 billion proposal to end lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and ...

Nearly a month ago, M23 rebels captured the regional capital Goma in the east of the Democratic ... and their children were killed in Munzenze Prison - after an intense fire broke out.

There have been reports of a mass escape from a prison in Goma. Images show people believed to be prisoners in the streets of the Congolese city, hours after fighters from the armed group M23 and ...

Days after the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized Goma prison, horrific atrocities have emerged. The Channel 4 News team reach the scene of the latest horror in the DR Congo's brutal conflict.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured another strategic town in the country’s mineral-rich east, residents and insurgents said Thursday, despite ...

Delcat Idengo was known for his outspoken stance against all factions in the ongoing conflict (Photo: Getty Images, @kambale/X) Congolese musician Delphin Katembo Vinywasiki, widely known as ...