The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and push govern ...

In eastern Congo, armed men have committed severe humanitarian crimes, including the rape of hundreds of children and ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo - As fighting intensified in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Francine Toyata clutched her pregnant belly, waves of pain coursing ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key ...

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu province, fell under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel coalition on Monday, the rebels told CNN. This was the latest in a string of ...

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The capture of Goma is a dramatic culmination of over three years of conflict in North Kivu province. The M23 is now threatening to march "all the way to Kinshasa," the DRC capital, in a conflict ...

Three more humanitarian workers associated with an international charity organization were killed in the eastern North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as African leaders are ...