The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

There is a pattern of nations whose difficult histories have resulted in authoritarian governments peddling grievance.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of today’s violence can be traced back to old problems.

A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma -- which has been seized by the M23 armed group -- is safe, WHO said Friday.The Rwanda-backed M23 and ...

A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body has condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo and ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

The U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials ahead of a summit meant to address the ...

Previously, the UN reported that around 2,900 people had been killed and 2,880 wounded in Goma as a result of the hostilities ...

The UN Human Rights Council launched an investigation Friday into alleged violations and abuses committed in the deadly ...

The United Nations says more than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak on January 27 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 4,000 detainees escaped as the ...

Rwanda claims to have evidence of an intended attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo, denying any role in the unrest ...