The Congolese community is so close-knit that the locals call the area where they live ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

A horrific new video shows charred bodies left inside a female prison block in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where hundreds of women were raped before being burned alive.

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

Israel has called up military reservists to brace for a possible re-eruption of war in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday ...

View of a popular boulevard in Kinshasa, now nearly empty, January 30. (Photo by Prisca Materanya / LCI) The widespread protests in Kinshasa, which quickly escalated into looting and the burning ...

At least 50 people have been killed in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, several local ...

The presence of women in positions of leadership can greatly reduce the likelihood of violent conflict emerging as well as the prospects for the peaceful resolution of existing conflicts.

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the ...

After deliberating on the security situation in Eastern DRC, the summit has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, ...

In their deliberations, the summit officials urged the DRC government to make concerted efforts to protect civilians and ...