UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

The UN Human Rights Council has approved an investigation into alleged violations and abuses in the eastern Democratic ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

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

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

The meeting comes amid escalating violence in the DRC, where rebel groups under the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) have taken control of key cities, including Goma in North Kivu and Nyabibwe ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could spiral further, threatening ...

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

General has called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The three-decade long conflict has escalated, after the M23 rebel group seized the Congolese city of Goma last week. The UN has ...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk told an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council that he was deeply disturbed by the ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive ...

Conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has "multiplied" the risk of the spread of diseases, including ...