It was a war that the U.N.’s O’Brien, presumably with the full approval of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, had started in an attempt to bring Tshombe back under the authority of the Congo ...

And for a young kid to go through that, for anyone to go through that… it’s just very vivid. I can still picture it to this ...

GOMA, Congo—The women walk in silence, their flip flops tapping the black volcanic rocks, sometimes catching the plants that crop up in between. On open stretches of their five-hour march ...

Prison conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo have deteriorated, with cases of torture and sexual violence being reported in detention centres run by the intelligence services, the U.N. High ...

During the First Congo War (1996-1997), Rwanda allied with Uganda and Congolese rebel leader, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko, who had provided sanctuary to Hutu militias.

The Rwandan army and the M23 armed group have indiscriminately shelled displacement camps and other densely populated areas ...

Congo alleges that neighboring Rwanda has been involved in aggression and war crimes in the region. It also accuses Rwanda of giving military backing to the M23 rebel armed group. Rwanda denies ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond ...

War has become a regular part of life for many ... of girls as soldiers or how these differ from boys' experiences. Second, while some research does explore these gender differences, it often ...

Doctors Without Borders treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level ...