As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...

A boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized, killing 22 people, authorities said Thu ...

The Rwandan-backed rebels' entry into Bukavu follows their capture of Goma, defying international calls for a ceasefire.

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the continued lack of access to displaced people hampers ...

At a recent summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, leaders of eight African states released a statement calling for an immediate ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour's border. Kigali and ...

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 ...

In Goma, where the M23 has installed its own mayor, governor and other authorities, the group convened tens of thousands of people for a public meeting of the River Congo Alliance, a political ...

Members of M23 rebel patrol on the street of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (Brian Inganga/AP) The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

Ceasefire in East Congo Appears to Crumble as Rebels Take Another Town GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters ... Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance rebel coalition ...