United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group ...

Volker Türk condemns escalating violence in South Kivu and urges immediate action to protect civilians and hold perpetrators ...

The use of rape and sexual violence against women has been prevalent in the conflicts, which have been raging for decades in ...

There were 773 bodies in hospital morgues in and around the eastern Congolese city of Goma as of January 30 following this week's offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, the Democratic Republic of ...

The M23 rebel alliance besieged Goma and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender, a move that has been condemned by ...

KINSHASA - The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, ...

The bloc is also calling for a joint summit with the East African Community. SADC leaders met in Harare for an emergency ...

AFPThe head of Africa's health agency said the situation in the DRC city of Goma was a "full-scale public health emergency", warning that the fighting there could fuel major pandemics.The ...

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?

The hunt for tech-industry minerals in eastern Congo harks from a different age to the products they will become. Filthy ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is pushing southwards.