UN, Congo

Who's pulling the strings in the DR Congo crisis?
The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese ...
Hundreds of women raped and burnt alive when militants stormed DR Congo prison
Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates ...
More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo jailbreak, UN says
More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according ...
thenewhumanitarian22h
Goma dispatch: Mass graves and reprisal fears as M23 seize DR Congo city
The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...
Human Rights Watch16h
UN Rights Council Launches Inquiry into Atrocities in Eastern DR Congo
The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...
Malawi president orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission ...
Daily Monitor10h
What’s Rwanda’s interest in the eastern DR Congo?
These Banyarwanda are very vocal. They even threaten war against the state of Uganda (in the same manner Tutsi-led rebel groups frame their identity issues in the DR Congo). The question then is: ...