South Sudan is experiencing its most severe surge in violence since the signing of the peace agreement and end of its civil ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned the escalation in deadly attacks by the Rwandan-backed M23 and other armed groups against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo are demanding justice following the massacre perpetrated by a group linked to the Islamic State on July 26-27.

A basketball academy that offers young people a lifeline and a chance to dream is hanging on in the Congolese city of Goma, despite years of war and the chaos and violence that have followed a rebel ...

A delay to the start of the talks risks scuppering an ambitious pledge by the two sides to end the fighting in eastern Congo ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo held a national day of remembrance this weekend for what it calls the “Genocost” – a term ...

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group killed more than 40 people, including several children, with guns and machetes ...

In Congo, more than 7 million people are internally displaced, including over 5 million in the eastern regions.

In Kikwit, in Kwilu province in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the "lower town" market is bustling. No-one seems bothered by the sun, which is at its zenith. Motorcycles, ...

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Victoria Mboko, an 18-year-old Canadian tennis player, stunned four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka at the 2025 National ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have held the first meeting of a joint oversight committee, taking a ...