UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the ...

The move underscores growing scrutiny of the conflict mineral trade fuelling violence in eastern DR Congo.

The United Nations called Thursday for an immediate end to fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the ...

Amnesty International called for an end to the use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a press release on Sunday. The organization also called upon ...

The Rwanda-backed M23, which said in its ceasefire announcement it had "no intention of taking control of Bukavu or other ...

GENEVA — As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that the warring ...

The continuing flow of arms from neighbouring countries into the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) threatens the fragile peace in that region, Amnesty International said this week. “The ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has once again reignited its self-destructive cycle of denial, scapegoating, and political recklessness. Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya, speaking to ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to cease hostilities as he deplored recent ...