More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

The UN Human Rights Council has approved an investigation into alleged violations and abuses in the eastern Democratic ...

UN officials are calling for global attention to the conflict in Congo where M23 rebels confront the national army. The ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called for an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss the ...

UNITED Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres is expected to attend an African Union peace and security summit, where discussions will focus on restoring peace and stability in the Great Lakes ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could spiral further, threatening ...

General has called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The three-decade long conflict has escalated, after the M23 rebel group seized the Congolese city of Goma last week. The UN has ...