The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group summarily executed over 140 civilians in July 2025, largely ethnic Hutu, in at least 14 villages and small farming communities in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

The M23’s expansion has left a trail of destruction in North Kivu and South Kivu. It has also undermined human rights in ...

The U.N. human rights office says Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed gang rape, sexual slavery, ...

M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last ... HRW has urged the UN Security Council, the European Union, and governments to condemn grave abuses witnessed in ...

The continuing violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has once again exposed the tragic failure of the international community to respond with fairness and consistency. In ...

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo committed what might have been war crimes and crimes against humanity, raping ...

UN General Assembly elects five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. [Photo: UN] The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected five countries -- Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic ...

Rebels in eastern Congo affiliated with the Islamic State group killed at least 60 people in an attack overnight, an official ...

UN Special Envoy Huang Xia called for greater coordination of efforts to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday, amid escalating violence by the M23 rebel group and ...

Since gaining independence – from Belgium, on June 30, 1960, ending 75 years of colonial history and the private rule of King Leopold II – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has seen ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries, and in 2024, it attracted the largest volume of mineral exploration investment in Africa. Enhancing ...