More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...

Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped ...

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

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

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

The sight of unattended bodies on the streets underscores the urgent need for proper identification and dignified burials, ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

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

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

On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

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