The U.N.'s top human rights body was holding an urgent session on Friday on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 people have ...

Congo's resolution calls for establishment of independent fact-finding mission to investigate widespread human rights abuses ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused by the ongoing Rwanda-backed ...

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.

The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning ...

The M23 armed group were threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the United Nations warned the risk of violence spreading regionally had "never been ...

Kinshasa and Kigali have been blaming each other for renewed turmoil in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have ...