Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

I have been following the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo closely for many ... During my visit to the country in April 2024, I met victims of this terrible conflict.

The special session of the Human Rights Council was called by the Democratic Republic of Congo with the support of dozens of ...

"The Democratic Republic of Congo calls for establishing an international commission of inquiry to examine the human rights violations committed in our country.” It should establish the truth ...

In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of ... invades the country. There’s a clear sense of right and wrong. In Congo, it’s much more complicated.

Under a broiling sun, the migrants recounted what they said were mounting abuses by Dominican officials after President Luis Abinader ordered them in October to start deporting at least 10,000 ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is no stranger to civil conflicts. But the latest advances made by M23, a rebel coalition, capturing the mineral-rich city of Goma, is a humiliating setback ...

for the people of the eastern DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo], but also beyond the country's borders," Volker Türk told an emergency meeting of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.

GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights ... part of the country, but also in people living beyond the DRC’s borders,” he said, referring to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Talks are under way among leaders of African countries to end fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which ...

In a strong statement at the UN Human Rights Council's special session on the Democratic Republic ... country." Belgium, Türkiye, Switzerland Belgium welcomed the initiative taken by Congo ...