A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

UNICEF recorded nearly 600 cases of rape in the week following the fall of Goma, in the east of the country, at the end of ...

I first met Jill Clark in 1997 in Port Moresby. I was working to establish health clinics and she was helping children ...

Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’ ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian sources said. The fighters and their Rwandan allies entered the eastern city ...

The rebels captured Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in late January and took Bukavu on 16 February. Now, they appear to be heading for Uvira, a strategic city on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. By 18 ...

THE Panzi Foundation is wary of the safety of its staff after the March 23 Movement (M23) forces invaded and took control of Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this past weekend.

Waasi wa M23 wanaoungwa mkono na Rwanda wanaendelea na mashambulizi yao mashariki mwa DRC.Baada ya kuchukua udhibiti wa mji wa Bukavu, mji mkuu wa mkoa wa Kivu Kusini, mwishoni mwa juma hili ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently been used as a weapon of war. Most estimates state that over six million ...

The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port cities of Goma and Bukavu. What would happen if all foreign forces left the Congo? What would happen if all foreign forces left ...