Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have described the crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as more than just a national emergency, calling it "a ...

Violence escalated when the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement rebels seized control of Goma, a key mining city in eastern ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

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

The U.N.’s top human rights body has condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the border in eastern Congo and ...

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 slavery may increase.

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region.

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 people ...

Ukraine believes that the work of the International Criminal Court in relation to Russian war crimes will continue after U.S.

The UN Human Rights Council will decide Friday whether to launch an international investigation into alleged violations and ...