There has been fierce fighting as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance towards the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, marking a further escalation in the region's conflict. M23 ...

More than 700 people have been killed in fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, the UN has said.

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...

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

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner has urged soccer clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain to end their "blood-stained" sponsorship agreements ...

Two people in Minova told Human Rights Watch that since the M23 occupied the town, which is also on the lake, travel by boat to Goma had been effectively banned. The hostilities in eastern Congo ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a wealth of natural resources, including metals and minerals such as gold, tin and coltan, essential for manufacturing mobile phones and batteries for electric ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Prominent human rights group Amnesty International ... army and several rebel groups in the east of the country. More than 237,000 people have been displaced by the fighting ...

These challenges disproportionately affect the most vulnerable communities, threatening to reverse hard-earned human capital gains, particularly impacting women and ... KINSHASA, November 2023 - The ...

17, 2024 Espoir Muhinuka, a human rights activist ... The death penalty in Congo is a sensitive issue. The country abolished it in 1981, but it was reinstated in 2006. The last execution took ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s regional and international partners must exert pressure on all parties to the ...