Speaking from Goma, the U.N's deputy head of its mission there said the situation remains highly volatile, with a persistent ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

Up to 167 women have been raped and killed after prisoners escaped jail in the DRC, according to a UN document seen by the BBC.

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

The United Nations confirmed at least 900 people died in the fighting and another million were displaced, but the full scale of the human toll is still emerging. Many of those who died are women and ...

The M23 rebel group, which recently captured the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

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

According to the United Nations, hundreds of women were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in Goma, DR Congo.

The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent mandate to investigate abuses by all parties to the ...

Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

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