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

During the Goma jailbreak, several women were assaulted by male inmates, while the majority perished when the prisoners set ...

Clashes last week in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, which saw the M23 armed group and Rwandan forces seize control, have ...

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burnt alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to ...

The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major ...

Amid the ongoing violence in Congo, hundreds of women in Goma's Munzenze Prison were raped and burnt alive after the city was captured by the rebels.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has requested an emergency session of the U.N. Human Rights Council to ...

Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after militants raided a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, ...

Bodies in the streets, no clean water and an intensifying rainy season trigger escalating health risks in Goma, the ...

The UN's top humanitarian official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called for Goma airport to be urgently reopened, warning its continued closure is paralyzing relief ...