East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state and government will, on Saturday, February 8, meet over ways to possibly bring an end to the escalating ...

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

Previously, the UN reported that around 2,900 people had been killed and 2,880 wounded in Goma as a result of the hostilities ...

A City Rebuilding Amidst Unrest Mogadishu, Somalia, holds the title of the most densely populated city globally, with a ...

According to Rospotrebnadzor, equipment and test systems for identifying infections that are relevant to the region have been provided to the country in the past two years, and over 60 Congolese speci ...

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.

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

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

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, one of Arizona’s biggest refugee aid groups has laid off around 50 people.

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.