DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

Yesterday, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels announced the capture of the city of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their arrival into the second largest city in eastern Congo follows the fall of ...

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

[Xinhua] A UN official in occupied Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said on Wednesday the city is in crisis as humanitarians fight the risk of epidemics while providing relief.

The mission, which numbered 20,000 peacekeepers at its peak, played a key role in ending the Katanga secession in 1963 before withdrawing in 1964. After more than ... UN News: Diplomacy Key To Ending ...

Residents look at dozens of bodies being buried in a cemetery in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Monday. ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP NAIROBI — Leaders from southern and eastern African countries ...

The country then sank into a major political crisis, marked by the assassination of its Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, in 1961. Faced with this situation, the UN deployed the UN Operation in the ...

The country then sank into a major political crisis, marked by the assassination of its Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, in ...