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

The U.N. human rights chief expressed alarm over the worsening crisis in eastern Congo, urging influential parties to end the ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group were threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the ...

Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour's border. Kigali and Kinshasa have been ...

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

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

DR Congo requested the urgent meeting of the UN's top rights body to discuss escalating fighting by Rwanda-backed armed group ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

In a stadium rally held in the recently captured city of Goma Thursday, M23 political leader Corneille Nangaa asserted that he wanted to march on DR Congo's capital – Kinshasa. Backed by neighbouring ...