Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.

A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...

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

More than 100 female inmates of an African prison were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak, the United Nations said.

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“You have the volcano on one side ... Meanwhile, France has sided with the DRC. “As Goma prepares to fall, France expresses its solidarity with the Democratic Republic of Congo and its ...

The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major ...