The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday that he was deeply disturbed by the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, urging all ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

All media and diplomats' talk is about Rwanda-backed M23 causing humanitarian crisis or Rwanda invading DR Congo. No mention of why M23 are fighting. Even assuming that Rwanda is in DR Congo ...

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DEFENCE IN DECLINE South Africa's poor showing in the Congo crisis has gone down badly at home. Photos that surfaced showing the heads of South Africa's army and air force playing golf during the ...

It has accused South African forces of working alongside the Hutu FDLR, a charge South Africa denies. South Africa's poor showing in the Congo crisis has gone down badly at home. Photos that surfaced ...

The rebel M23 has been at the centre of recurring insecurity and diplomatic controversies in the Congo for more than a decade, but this, in the main, is only symptomatic of a large crisis of ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting ...

28 January 2025 — The Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday over the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with UN agencies and partners ...

26 January 2025 — Spiralling violence and killings in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo triggered an emergency Security Council meeting Sunday morning amid peacekeeper and civilian ...

Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) told the Security Council late ...