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

The death toll from clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo troops and M23 rebels has surged in less than a week.

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, ...

Southern African leaders gave "unwavering" backing Friday to the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the Rwanda-backed M23 group captured the biggest city in its mineral-rich east. The southern Africa ...

Following the tragic deaths of 13 South African soldiers in the DRC, the South African National Defence Union calls for the ...

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 ...