The UN Human Rights Council launched an investigation Friday into alleged violations and abuses committed in the deadly ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast for a week to honour South African Defence ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Goma last week, according to early estimates provided by the UN peacekeeping operation in ...

The UN Human Rights Council decided Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rwanda claims to have evidence of an intended attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo, denying any role in the unrest ...

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 ...

As M23 continues its destructive march, the EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.On 27 January, Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) forces took control of Goma, capital ...

Kenya has joined other East African Community and Southern African Development Community member States in calling for cessation and ceasefire in the conflict prone eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

Conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has "multiplied" the risk of the spread of diseases, including ...