A CONGOLESE army-backed coalition of militias is accused of committing widespread abuses against civilians in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Human Rights Watch raised ...

End Support to 'Wazalendo' Armed Groups; Ensure Disarmament, AccountabilityA coalition of Congolese army-backed militias known as the "Wazalendo" have recently committed widespread abuses against ...

Congo’s senate has overwhelmingly voted to lift former President Joseph Kabila of his immunity. That paves the way for his ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the sheer scale of people being displaced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The Congolese government has supported the Wazalendo (“patriots” in Swahili) to fight against the abusive M23, although the extent of the army’s ...

M23 rebels seized Sake after intense fighting, forcing nearly all 130,000 residents to flee their homes and farms.

I want to see peace. I want to see happiness. I want to see health. They have incredible land with incredible value. A lot of ...

"We hope the Pope will make an appeal for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo," write the members of ACMEJ (Association Against Evil and for the Integration of Youth) of Katogota, in the ...

Tropical forests in eastern Congo that fell into rebel hands this year have seen a spike in illegal logging to produce ...

Political instability and conflicts in the Great Lakes, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan have led to massive ...