NGO ActionAid and locals say cost of some items has risen between 18% and 160%, as conflict blocks aid and supplies.

The fighting has also worsened the humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo. Shelley Thakral, from the UN's World Food ...

There has been fierce fighting as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance towards the second-largest city in eastern Democratic ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

Emergency food agency WFP has reiterated its readiness ... UN News: Diplomacy Key To Ending Crisis In Eastern DR Congo - UN Peacekeeping Chief The head of UN Peace Operations has underscored ...

Sitting on the border with Rwanda and on the shores of Lake Kivu, it is a vital trading and transport hub that is within ...

There are growing international calls for peace talks to end the escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic ...

Since fighting escalated last week, electricity and water supplies in the city have been cut off, and food is scarce ... rights of the minority group in DR Congo. Rwanda's President Paul Kagame ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...

DR Congo has experienced decades of militia violence ... and displaced families are left in dire need of food, clean water, medicine, and shelter,” Tchwenko said. Western nations, such as ...