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

The U.N. human rights chief expressed alarm over the worsening crisis in eastern Congo, urging influential parties to end the ...

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 - 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 ...

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

DR Congo requested the urgent meeting of the UN's top rights body to discuss escalating fighting by Rwanda-backed armed group ...

The fragile ceasefire in eastern DR Congo is on the verge of collapse as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels reportedly seize control ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

The remains of 14 South African soldiers who died in fighting in eastern DR Congo were on Friday, February 7, repatriated to their country, after being given passage through Rwanda. The dead soldiers ...

In a stadium rally held in the recently captured city of Goma Thursday, M23 political leader Corneille Nangaa asserted that he wanted to march on DR Congo's capital – Kinshasa. Backed by neighbouring ...