The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where ...

Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on ...

Worst may be yet to come’ says UN human rights chief as DRC and Rwanda deny responsibility and blame one another.

Rebels occupying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma have declared a cease-fire but the government dismissed the pause in the fighting as a ruse aimed to head off growing ...

Pope Francis expressed his “extreme concern” for the worsening security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 28, 2025. The UN on Wednesday reported that the situation in the Congo "remains tense today, but it is also calmer" amid fighting for the ...

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... There is also an international element to the decades-long situation, with UN peacekeepers killed in the conflict and Rwandan troops accused ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo called Tuesday for immediate action by the UN Security Council to address an escalating crisis in the country, warning that if it fails to do so, “then it is the ...

Image: UN armoured personnel carriers deploy outside Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday. Pic: AP It comes after a Congolese military governor was killed while on the frontline ...

As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ... while the United Nations and the United States classify it as an armed rebel ...