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.

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 people ...

GENEVA - The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all those with influence to help halt the violence and warning of a ...

A joint summit between the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community will take place today and Saturday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Presidents of Rwanda and the ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the 14 soldiers who tragically lost their lives in a peacekeeping mission in the ...

Breaking news. Wallace Ruzvidzo, Herald Reporter SADC Chairperson President Mnangagwa is today expected to leave for Dar es ...

The Congolese returning to Goma to rebuild their homeland said they were heartbroken over the devastated situation in the city, which left them wandering how to reconstruct their life with fragile ...

Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since seizing the Congolese city of Goma after deadly clashes, as its fighters advanced towards another regional capital. After capturing ...

A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...

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

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continued its advance Thursday through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and looked ...