The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...

The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all ...

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

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...

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

Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

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.

Conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has "multiplied" the risk of the spread of diseases, including ...

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

Killings and mass rape are unfortunately frequent scenes of conflict-related sexual violence that have plagued the Democratic ...

The UN Human Rights Council launched an investigation Friday into alleged violations and abuses committed in the deadly ...