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.

The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation ...

Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of ...

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

Countries at Emergency Session Should Endorse Investigative MechanismThe United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent mandate to investigate abuses by all parties to the current ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo ‘s key city of Goma sought to reassure its residents Thursday, holding a ...

As the Congolese Foreign Minister recently called for, states could also have restricted Rwanda's ability to export minerals mined from M23-controlled areas. And of course, Uganda could stop ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...

Despite a regional summit to stop fighting in the eastern Congo, no resolution is in sight. The European Union is also trying ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations ... Congo to safeguard its security, according to the Associat ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...