The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a major city.
Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region's major city, the UN said Friday, while also expressing concerns over executions it learned ...
Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour's border. Kigali and Kinshasa have been ...
Rwanda-backed rebels are closing in on the key eastern ... Kigali-backed fighters from the M23 claimed to take control of Goma in North Kivu province before advancing southwards in the direction ...
Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
STORY: Walking through the halls of a hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo's Goma, Dr. Jules Kafitiye points out the ...
Rwandan-backed M23 said Thursday it wanted to "liberate all of the Congo" in its first public meeting since seizing the ...