Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ...

Religious leaders and civil society groups call for end to the war "As conflict continues to rage in Goma, the lives of innocent people, especially women and children, are at stake," said war survivor ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is trapped in an unrelenting cycle of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian suffering ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...

A Congo military court accused Corneille Nangaa of war crimes and treason, following his group's seizure of Nyabibwe, a ...

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered defence forces to begin preparations for a withdrawal of its troops from ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a ...

Osama Elmasry Njeem, who was wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes, was recently freed by Rome. The move prompted outrage ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels last week captured regional capital Goma in an anarchic and mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates ...

DRC gained independence in 1960 and since then the UN has played a crucial role in the country, notably through the deployment of three peacekeeping missions. The UN intervened for the first time in ...

A distinguished alto, Ms. Andersen was a major presence on the diplomatic scene, including the 1950 commemoration held at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House for the second anniversary of the landmark ...