The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of today’s violence can be traced back to old problems.

Worse violence "may be yet to come" in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body has condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo and ...

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

The Rwanda-backed M23 has seized vast swathes of eastern DRC and is pressing southwards into South Kivu province, which shares a border with Burundi.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Goma last week, according to early estimates provided by the UN peacekeeping operation in ...

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

Rwanda claims to have evidence of an intended attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo, denying any role in the unrest ...

As M23 continues its destructive march, the EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.On 27 January, Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) forces took control of Goma, capital ...

Kenya has joined other East African Community and Southern African Development Community member States in calling for cessation and ceasefire in the conflict prone eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was ...