By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Conflict in Congo has sent 63,000 refugees fleeing to neighbouring Burundi in its ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of ...

Escalating attacks have struck hospitals and other civilian infrastructure in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during the ...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on Rwanda's military to stop supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern ...

In February 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution agreeing to establish a fact-finding mission on the ...

A coalition of over 400 intellectuals, artists, and human rights advocates from more than 50 countries is pressing the United Nations to address the escalating persecution of Congolese Tutsi in ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council earlier this ... of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of eastern Congo’s trillions of dollars in valuable minerals that are used in much ...

Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway on Sunday in Nyabiondo, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, residents said, days after a nearby attack left a heavy ...

A pause in US foreign aid has "severely impacted" humanitarian efforts in conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior UN official in the country has said. Bruno Lemarquis told reporters that ...

About 1,000 miles away, in the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 rebel group — which is backed by Rwanda, ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region.