Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as sweeping funding cuts bite, the UN human rights office, ...

A new report by a fact-finding team of experts that visited the region between March and August warned of the prospect of war ...

The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Baba Azare, has assured football fans and visitors of adequate security during the World Cup Qualifiers between Nigeria and Rwanda. Azare gave the assurance ...

The Rwandan-backed rebel group M23, Congolese armed forces and other armed groups have committed serious rights violations in ...

The U.N. human rights office says Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed gang rape, sexual slavery, ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls for accountability for victims of ‘horrific’ atrocities.

A claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that he has stopped the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been dismissed by the Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the Southern ...

Last year’s figure marked a continued surge in sexual violence as the Rwanda-backed M23 rampaged through the east, with a total of 22,000 cases registered throughout 2023.

The risk is that it rises into something much larger that then presents a much greater threat on the global scene,' one ...

Ugandan intervention in Congo risks stoking ethnic violence It may also cement Rwanda’s hold over its neighbour ...

Since the Rwandan genocide, the ongoing conflict in east Congo has killed 6 million people, in attacks, famines and unchecked disease outbreaks stemming from the fighting.