The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

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

Congo's resolution calls for establishment of independent fact-finding mission to investigate widespread human rights abuses ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

GENEVA - The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all those with influence to help halt the violence and warning of a ...

The UN Human Rights Council is considering whether to launch an investigation into alleged abuses committed in eastern Congo on Kinshasa's request. Rwanda alleged it was responding to an "imminent" ...

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from ...

Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if Rwandan troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...