The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the ...

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday to call on Rwanda's military to stop supporting the M23 rebel group ...

The capture of Goma by M23 rebels attracted much noise from western countries and especially the European Parliament. The UN Security Council also held sessions after the fall of Goma, where the UN ...

As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...

Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic ...

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, Feb. 19, convened an emergency meeting amid reports of human rights violations and abuse in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

Boat traffic resumes on Lake Kivu as M23 rebels take key cities in eastern Congo, allowing some aid access amid fears of a growing humanitarian crisis.

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...

The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing ...