Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

(JTA) — The ancestry of the son of a Jewish refugee in the Democratic Republic of Congo has emerged as a flashpoint for a political crisis that is threatening the integrity of the massive ...

GENEVA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual ...

Obasanjo, now 87, was a young officer in the United Nations’ first peacekeeping mission in Africa - Opération des Nations Unies au Congo (ONUC), from July 1960 until June 1964. Another ...

[AFP] The Congo crisis and the rise of the M23 rebel group are deeply intertwined with the broader geopolitics of the African Great Lakes region, which has seen repeated struggles for political ...

KISHINJI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - APRIL 4: Displaced community ... (Photo by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images) “The current crisis,” Chomachoma went on to share, “is being ...