The probe follows deadly clashes that have plagued the region, leading to numerous deaths. Congolese government spokesman ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

The U.N.'s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese ...

Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya on Wednesday denounced the ceasefire as a "ploy" after the Rwandan-backed armed group began a new offensive at dawn. "This is proof that the ...

But “all we are waiting for is the withdrawal of the M23,” Congo’s government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya told journalists. The M23 last week seized control of Goma, a city of 2 million ...

At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a ...

The international community must take concrete action and impose sanctions on Rwanda to curb the M23 rebel conflict in ...

Authorities confirmed 773 bodies and 2,880 injured persons in Goma's morgues and hospitals, Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya told a briefing in the capital, Kinshasa, adding that the ...

Authorities say at least 773 people were killed in the eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma city and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels ...