A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African governments try to find a ...

Congo's leader Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, who have exchanged fiery words blaming each other's ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key ...

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

The foreign ministry says all United Nations personnel have been restricted to movement within UN compounds for safety ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

Diplomatic efforts to achieve peace are getting underway this weekend in Tanzania. It will be the first time that Paul Kagame ...