Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering mass displacement and causing civilian casualties, UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said on ...

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 summit of leaders from the East African Community (EAC), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) due on Saturday, February 8, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is a laudable move in the ...

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

UN human rights chief Volker Turk told an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council that he was deeply disturbed by the ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body on Friday condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo and ordered a team of experts to examine rights violations ...

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.

Thousands from eastern Congo have been fleeing conflict for decades, and many are being displaced again as the Rwandan-backed ...

The U.N. human rights chief expressed alarm over the worsening crisis in eastern Congo, urging influential parties to end the ...

The Luanda Process has not been able to bring tangible results either. The reasons for this failure include bad faith from ...

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...