High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday warned that the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could lead to a further deterioration of the ...

A joint summit between the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community will take place today and Saturday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Presidents of Rwanda and the ...

Worse violence "may be yet to come" in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

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A military court in DRC has issued an international arrest warrant for Corneille Nangaa over war crimes and treason.

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

Horrific scenes saw over 160 women raped and children dead in fires after the prison break at Munzenze near Goma last Monday ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the ...

General António Guterres has urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of ...

Speaking at the Holocaust Remembrance commemoration in front of the UN exhibition, “Auschwitz, A Place on Earth”, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon linked the atrocities in his remarks. “The ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 18, ...