UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance
The U.N.'s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...
Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of captured eastern Congolese city they are safe
The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...
UN human rights boss says Congo rebellion could spread into neighbouring countries
Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.
Tshisekedi to join regional summit on eastern Congo conflict
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi will take part in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African ...
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DR Congo conflict advances as UN calls for peace
After capturing Goma, the main city in North Kivu province, last week, the M23 and Rwandan troops launched a new offensive on ...
UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 people ...
DR Congo prison break horror saw 168 women raped and buildings set on fire to kill children
Horrific scenes saw over 160 women raped and children dead in fires after the prison break at Munzenze near Goma last Monday ...
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UN chief urges peace as conflict escalates in eastern DRC
Guterres will travel to Addis Ababa next week for the AU Peace and Security Council Summit, where discussions on restoring ...
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UN human rights head warns of further escalation in eastern Congo
Worse violence "may be yet to come" in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...