Tens of thousands of people are fleeing towns in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east, as rebel forces close in on the ...

DR Congo, head of UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, Bintou Keita has called for immediate action to end the crisis in the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 fighters close in on city of Goma Order defending soldiers to lay down their weapons Hundreds of thousands of civilians flee the fighting Flights from city's airport grounded, roads ...

GOMA - M23 rebels claim they have taken control of Goma city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Goma is home to ...

“The Secretary-General has called for all parties to respect human rights and international humanitarian law. This must be ...

The UN Security Council on Sunday denounced the "flagrant disregard" for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), demanding the withdrawal of "external ...

The council said it condemns the unauthorised presence of external forces and is demanding that these forces withdraw ...

As a result, these groups became quasi-official and increasingly presented themselves as defenders of Congo’s territorial ...

A three-year insurgency in Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich east has intensified since the start of this year, with M23 rebels seizing control of more territory than ever before and vowing ...

Gunfire broke out before dawn Monday in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, after the Democratic Republic of ...