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

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

Mutual aid workers – the backbone of the humanitarian response in Sudan – have been caught up in the crackdown. The war in Sudan began in April 2023 and has produced the world’s largest displacement ...

If nothing is done in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, worse could follow for the people of the eastern DRC, as well as for the country's neighbours and the region, the United Nations Human ...

GENEVA - The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase. Read ...

GENEVA - U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday that the worst could be ahead in the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, saying he expected sexual violence including incidents of rape and ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region.

The UN Human Rights Council is considering whether to launch an investigation into alleged abuses committed in eastern Congo on Kinshasa's request. Rwanda alleged it was responding to an "imminent" ...

A military court in DRC has issued an international arrest warrant for Corneille Nangaa over war crimes and treason.

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as fighting between ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation in the eastern Congo city of Goma after it ...