The DR Congo is so vast - two-thirds the size of Western Europe - that it is a member of both the East and Southern African blocs. The two regional groupings are joining forces to hold an ...

Vivian van de Perre, deputy head of the UN mission in DR Congo, said Wednesday that “so far 2,000 bodies have been collected from the Goma streets in recent days, and 900 bodies remain in the ...

The UN Human Rights Council agreed Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the eastern DR Congo. In an urgent session ...

A summit of African leaders to address the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has directed army chiefs to meet within five days and “provide technical direction on an immediate and ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday said that he was disturbed by the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and warned that violence could spread throughout the ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continued its advance Thursday through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and looked poised to seize a strategic town, as United Nations chief Antonio Guterres ...

The U.N. secretary-general appealed Thursday for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a recent escalation of fighting between rebels and the national army has killed at least 2,900 ...

Also read: Gov't assesses damages from DR Congo shelling The soldiers who are accommodated in Rugerero Sector, in Rubavu District said that they are being well treated; given basic supplies ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi took part, though Tshisekedi was on video link. In Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province that is in the M23's sights ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the conflict in the DR Congo. Amid the violence, a clinic is helping civilian casualties recover and rebuild their lives. Show more Kate Adie ...