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

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

Congo's resolution calls for establishment of independent fact-finding mission to investigate widespread human rights abuses ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a major city.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

DR Congo is a country in Central Africa but many people do not know that the country hosts many mineral resources important ...

In an exclusive interview with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, CNN’s Larry Madowo pressed the country’s leader on the uptick ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

Congolese troops have fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. says are moving fast into the South Kivu province ...

Tshisekedi declared that his country would not be “humiliated or crushed” as regional leaders push for negotiations with the rebels. Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu ...