GENEVA - As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of the High Commissi ...

Congolese troops have fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. says are moving fast into the South Kivu province after seizing the region's largest city and an international airport.

The hostilities are occurring in a mineral-rich region that has been volatile for decades amid a proliferation of armed groups, which has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes over the ...

The United Nations is “deeply concerned” by the M23 rebel group advancing towards South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of ...

UNITED NATIONS - While calm is being restored in Goma, the key eastern city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the risk of disease outbreaks, including cholera and Mpox, increases on the ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations' peacekeeping chief said Friday that M23 rebels are advancing south toward the provincial ...

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...

The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since Sunday. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said 2,800 people ...

Typically, agencies would receive $3,000 per refugee in federal assistance to support people during their first 90 days, with the goal of having them in jobs so they could cover their own rent and ...

In its last outbreak, more than two years ago, Uganda saw 164 cases and 55 confirmed deaths from Ebola. Uganda announced ...

As UN agencies reported "relative calm" on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), humanitarians warned that the chaos caused by advancing M23 rebel forces ...

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health ...