Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government, but also urged Congo's ...

Newborns and women in labor died in the bombings. Further reading: Eastern DR Congo crisis escalates as M23 advances in North Kivu "I also follow with concern the events in the capital ...

The rebels - fighting government forces - have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the city of Goma. Their push towards Bukavu has raised fears of a wider regional war.

It is also mined in Rwanda, Brazil and Nigeria but at least 40% - and maybe more – of the element's global supply comes from DR Congo and some of the key mining areas are now under the control of the ...

DR Congo War - Talks Failing, Time for Sanctions?

Vivian van de Perre, deputy head of the UN mission in DR Congo, said Wednesday that “so far 2,000 bodies have been collected from the Goma streets in recent days, and 900 bodies remain in the ...

The UN Human Rights Council agreed Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the eastern DR Congo. In an urgent session ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday said that he was disturbed by the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and warned that violence could spread throughout the ...

Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering mass displacement and causing civilian casualties, UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said on ...