High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday warned that the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could lead to a further deterioration of the ...

The UN warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern DRC spreads throughout the wider region.

The United Nations says more than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak on January 27 in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the United Nations warned that the risk of violence spreading regionally had ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has refused to engage in a public dispute with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame. Kagame last ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

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

GENEVA - Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour's border. Read more at ...

Rwanda's U.N. ambassador, James Ngango, disputes claims by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that Rwanda is causing ...

The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all ...