The UN's top human rights body on Friday launched an investigation into alleged abuses during the escalating crisis in the ...

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 U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...

A joint summit between the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community will take place today and ...

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

The M23 and Rwandan forces on Wednesday launched a new offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing a mining ...

The M23 militant group has once again grabbed global attention by capturing Goma, a vital city in eastern Congo, sparking ...

Large parts of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, are now under the control of the M23 and their Rwanda ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...